All you need to know about the odd-even scheme in Delhi
There
seems to be no end to the woes of people residing in Delhi and other
parts of north India. On Monday morning, Delhi
air quality
was in 'severe-plus emergency' category.
SAFAR,
the government-run air quality monitoring and weather forecasting
agency, said Delhi’s air quality index (AQI) was 708 at 6:30 am,
which is 14 times the safe level of 0-50.. Gurgaon, Faridabad, Noida
and Ghaziabad also saw their air quality in the severe-plus emergency
overall category.NASA satellite imagery showed vast swathes of the northern plains, covering Punjab, Haryana, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh, blanketed under a smoky haze. Weather experts said any significant improvement in the situation is highly unlikely unless there is rainfall, which may occur on November 7 and 8
To tackle this, the odd-even scheme kick started today, with only even-numbered non-transport vehicles allowed on Delhi roads on the first day of the exercise. The impact of the scheme remains to be seen. The third edition of odd-even scheme will run till November 15. Read More
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