NEW DELHI:The next edition of the Odd-Even road rationing plan in Delhi will be from November 4 to 15, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced this afternoon. Mr Kejriwal announced his government's seven-point action plan to tackle pollution due to crop burning which includes distribution of masks, mechanised sweeping of roads, tree plantation, and special plans for 12 pollution hot spots in the city.
The Odd-Even scheme, an effort to control the pollution levels in the capital, was introduced in Delhi in 2016.
This year, restrictions will be enforced on private cars and motorcycles. Women drivers are exempted from odd-even plan and it is not applicable on the weekends, the Chief Minister said at a press conference.
"If you enforce Odd-Even for a long time, the implementation becomes troublesome. As of now, Odd-Even will only be restricted to this time frame," said Mr Kejriwal. Emergency vehicles will not be subject to this, he said.
Delhi is the world's most polluted capital city, according to several studies, with vehicle and industrial emissions, dust from building sites, and smoke from the burning of garbage and crop residue in nearby fields.
In 2016, the Odd-Even scheme was enforced twice when vehicles having odd and even number plates were allowed to operate on alternate days as the air quality deteriorated.
The Odd-Even scheme is a part of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP), emergency measures implemented in phases to combat air pollution.
The Odd-Even scheme, an effort to control the pollution levels in the capital, was introduced in Delhi in 2016.