Maruti Suzuki Toyotsu India Private Limited (MSTI), a joint venture between the Maruti Suzuki and Toyota Tsusho Group, has started their first End-of-Life Vehicles (ELVs) scrapping and recycling unit in India.
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Located in Noida (Uttar Pradesh), this 10,993 sq meter facility can scrap and recycle over 24,000 vehicles annually. MSTI claims that it is a zero-discharge facility that uses modern and technologically advanced machines to dismantle and scientifically scrap end-of-life vehicles. The automaker also stated that all the equipment being used at the facility is manufactured in India.
Inaugurating the facility, Shri Nitin Gadkari, Hon’ble Minister of Road Transport and Highways, said –
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has launched the visionary National Automobile Scrappage Policy aimed at creating an ecosystem for phasing out unfit and polluting vehicles from the Indian roads. To meet this objective, we need state-of-the-art scrapping and recycling units. I would like to congratulate Maruti Suzuki and Toyota Tsusho Group for setting up this modern facility as per global standards. I would request Maruti and other stakeholders to build and create an ecosystem of similar scrapping and recycling units across the country. This would make the roads safer, air cleaner and the raw material cheaper for their cars.
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For those who aren't aware, the union transport ministry has launched the National Scrappage Policy earlier this year, according to which, private cars older than 20 years and commercial vehicles older than 15 years will have to undergo a mandatory vehicle fitness test at an automated fitness center. And if found unfit, the vehicle will have to be scrapped, and the owner of the vehicle will be provided with a vehicle scrapping certificate along with the scrap value. That certificate can be used to claim eligible benefits offered under the scheme, including exemption of road tax on the next vehicle.
