N. Chandrababu Naidu: for a clean driveHyderabad:At first glance it looked like a Sunday clearance sale of used cars and jeeps.A closer scrutiny showed that the 2,000-odd state and Central Government vehicles lined up at the Gymkhana Grounds were being issued Pollution Under Control Certificates (PUCC) by Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu himself.After the Andhra Pradesh Government decided recently to curb auto emission levels in the city, a half-yearly PUCC has become mandatory for all vehicles. Moreover, all vehicles of 15 years and more vintage can no longer ply on the roads.Hyderabad, which registers about a lakh vehicles every year, tops the country in density of vehicles: 1,980 for a km of road. To counter the alarming trend, the Government is planning a Light Rail Transit System."Auto emissions cause 60 per cent of the city's air pollution," says environmentalist Captain J. Rama Rao. With the Government's latest measures, the citizens, hopefully, can look forward to cleaner environs.Published By: AtMigration Published On: Aug 10, 1998--- ENDS ---