We simply hope that this effort doesn't end on the oars of a single success; instead, it is sustained for as long as the polluters have not learned their lessons. For, unless it is continued, the vehicles, no matter how bigger the fines or punishments are, would return to the streets when the dusts will have settled down as we have seen in the past. First of all, the authorities must identify the whole lot of polluting transports, be they private or public to launch any effective campaign against them. But many government and public sector vehicles, not excluding several belonging to the police force as well, are guilty of emitting noxious fumes themselves. To strengthen the hands of law enforcers in their effort to chase polluting vehicles in the private sector, such a same side folly will have to be overcome first.

Secondly, it is revealed that the magistrate of the mobile court himself was puzzled to see plenty of false documents furnished by the drivers. This is a problem that must be nipped in the bud. The concerned authorities must do away with issuing all kinds of fictitious fitness documents and punish the rackets who thrive on such business.

The bottom line is that no road-unworthy vehicles should be allowed to ply the streets. There were drives in the past to remove them from the streets, but those efforts ended up being short-lived. Even the government directive not to allow vehicles older than 20 years turned out to be a failure, only because the owners were influential and the actions had to be discontinued after the initial roar. Ad-hoc measures cannot do; in fact, they prove counter-productive. Each time that they are left with a fragmentary notion of success, the recalcitrant elements are only resurrected.