00:00And now, ladies and gentlemen, on The Five Live, India today decided to go undercover
00:05and to find out the reality about one big primary issue that even the court has said
00:12is a massive pollution source, which is vehicular pollution.
00:16Delhi is choking under toxic air. Grab restrictions are enforced.
00:20What is one of the top restrictions of the grab?
00:23BS4 diesel buses are banned to enter, especially into Delhi.
00:27But are those restrictions being enforced?
00:29India today's special investigation operations smog syndicate uncovered that banned buses
00:35are running on the streets of Delhi.
00:37Payments, contacts, networks of settings stretching from Delhi to Uttar Pradesh
00:43and other states as well across North India.
00:46Traffic signals to police checkpoints.
00:48Every stop appears to have a price.
00:52Who is protecting the operators? Who is taking the money?
00:54Why is pollution enforcement so difficult?
00:57Is it corruption? Is it negligence?
00:59India Today's Nitin Jain gets you this very special report.
01:03Watch carefully.
01:17As pollution rises in Delhi, grab restrictions come into force.
01:22Questions are also raised about banning BS4 diesel buses.
01:26But our investigation uncovered a network where bus operators claim that whether it's a BS4 bus
01:32or a pollution ban or a pollution ban, their vehicles will keep running in Delhi.
01:38How, who will give this guarantee and is a complete system of entry and quote-unquote setting operating for buses
01:46from Delhi to Uttar Pradesh?
01:48We approached operators saying we had bought a bus and wanted to start a new route from Delhi to Deopat.
01:55We clearly stated that our bus was a 2015 model BS4 diesel bus.
02:00At a time when action is taken against vehicles in the name of pollution, we asked the operators how our
02:06bus would run in Delhi.
02:08During this inquiry, we met Asif and his partner Nadeem.
02:13Both are seasoned operators in the Daghamari or illegal interstate bus business.
02:18We made it clear to both of them on multiple occasions that our vehicle was BS4.
02:23Would it be able to run?
02:25Listen to their replies.
02:26We have a plan.
03:07Yeah, 110
03:11Oh
03:12Yeah, I have an enemy
03:22Remember
03:24Yep, it's an enemy
03:26I
03:37Nadeem and Asif claim there will be no problem running a BS4 bus.
03:41But our conversation did not end there.
03:44Asif, who runs buses on different routes from Delhi to Uttar Pradesh, claims that everything
03:49from Delhi to Baathpat, Shamli and Deoband can be set.
04:11Asif explained the full calculation from Delhi entry all the way to the Uttar Pradesh routes.
04:16According to him, the cost for bus entry in Delhi was stated as Rs. 60,000 to Rs. 70,000.
04:22He also detailed alleged payments at Delhi traffic signals, police posts and RTO.
04:49To identify the buses, alleged identifiers are also put.
04:54Asif claims there are marks for both Delhi and Uttar Pradesh.
04:57Once the mark is applied, the bus number gets registered and operations continue every month
05:03through payments.
05:04and on-around.
05:05How many people come in for Delhi?
05:06Yes, it's an example of Delhi.
05:10I also read Kathmandu and I have two people who are being shot?
05:23Yes, it's an example of the US, but Nayiri.
05:27It's not a form of the US and it's an example of the US.
05:30It's an example of the US.
05:31It's an example of the US, but it's an example of the US and the US.
05:41Not just Delhi, alleged payments were also described on the Uttar Pradesh side.
05:46Beyond Khajoori, several police posts and RTOs come up till Ghaziabad, Bagpat and Deopat.
05:52According to Asif, by paying different amounts at these places,
05:56arrangements can be made to let the bus pass without hindrance.
06:14We asked how the bus is still managed to get through despite such strict checking.
06:19Asif said that talking directly to officers costs more,
06:22while getting the work done through him can reduce the amount.
06:53This network is not limited to password.
06:55It also includes possibilities of goods transport.
06:59Nadeem and Asif said that once goods start moving in the buses,
07:03they also plan to make alleged entries with the sales tax department.
07:07Meaning first passengers, then goods and alleged setting arrangements at every level.
07:13On one hand, Delhi is struggling with pollution.
07:16On the other hand, in our investigation, bus operators claim that through money and settings,
07:22buses can be run from Delhi to Uttar Pradesh without any obstruction.
07:26The question is not only about BS4 buses.
07:29The question is whether a network of alleged extortion is running in the name of the very departments
07:34responsible for enforcing transport rules in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh.
07:38Are grap and pollution restrictions only for common people,
07:41or does a way exist to bypass them by paying money?
07:46These are the shocking claims that emerged in our investigation.
07:49Will police, traffic police, transport department and administration answer?
07:55With Nitin Jain, Bureau Report, India Today.
