Tell us rationale behind launching odd-even scheme: NGT asks Delhi govt
Odd-Even rule in Delhi
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) will hold a crucial hearing today on Delhi government?s decision to implement the odd-even scheme to control traffic in view of the high level of pollutants in the air.
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) will hold a crucial hearing today on Delhi government’s decision to implement the odd-even scheme to control traffic in view of the high level of pollutants in the air.
TheNGT has asked Delhi government on the rationale behind application of the car rationing scheme andproduce before it the details of ambient air quality during earlier odd-even schemes.
It will hear the case at 2pm today.
On Thursday, Delhi Transport ministerKailash Gehlot had said that the odd-even number scheme for private vehicles will be implemented from November 13-17 in the national capital.
"Request people and all agencies to cooperate. Exemptions will be thesame aslast time," the minister had said.
Women drivers, two-wheelers and vehicles carrying children in school uniforms, besides VVIPs will be kept out of the ambit of the scheme under which cars bearing registration numbers ending with odd digits are allowed to ply on odd dates while those ending with even digits run on even dates.
Earlier on Wednesday, Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal had directed the transport department to start preparing for the odd-even scheme.
Baijal had also orderedMunicipal Corporations, DDA and SDMs to strictly enforce a prohibition on open burning.
Meanwhile, agraph containing the hourly-levels of ultrafine particulates PM2.5 and PM10 showed a distinct downward curve from around 12pm for the first time since Tuesday when the concentration of these pollutants breached the emergency scale.
A task force of the CPCB, which met to review the measures taken under the Graded Response Action Plan, concluded that the level of pollution will come down to the 'very poor' category on Saturday, two notches below the 'emergency category' prevailing now.