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TopicOdd-even

Topic: odd-even

Delhi AQI close to ‘severe plus’ category at 437, odd-even scheme might return

PTI -
Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai had mentioned the possibility of the return of the odd-even car rationing measure if the AQI crosses the 450-mark.

‘Odd-even’ in emergency only, Delhi will try other ways to tackle air pollution: Minister Rai

Shubhangi Misra -
As winter onset brings peak pollution phase, environment minister Gopal Rai explains government's stress on turning off car engines at traffic signals, bio-decomposers & monitoring smog tower inputs.

Vendors or buyers, no one can afford social distancing at Delhi’s wholesale vegetable markets

Taran Deol -
As odd-even rule kicks in amid lockdown, fruit & vegetable wholesale markets are also staring at rotting produce & huge losses.

Delhi air quality improves to ‘very poor’, but it’s not due to odd-even traffic rule

Mohana Basu -
Government's pollution monitoring system SAFAR had predicted Sunday that air quality will improve during the week.

Delhi pollution crisis turns into political issue, and it’s not good news for Kejriwal

Rama Lakshmi -
Sheila Dikshit won on her air pollution track record in 2003 Delhi election. Can Arvind Kejriwal do the same in 2020?

Delhi’s odd-even scheme was a 50-50 bet that ended as a 100% failure

Sandhya Ramesh -
In research published in a peer-reviewed science journal, Indian experts blame the multiple exemptions granted, including to two-wheelers.

As Delhi air quality improves, NGT lifts ban on construction

Priyamvada Grover -
All previous NGT orders, including on odd-even exemptions, will stand; Delhi, UP, Punjab, and Haryana asked to chalk out comprehensive action plan in two weeks.

Talk Point: A representative govt can’t ignore women’s security in a city like Delhi

Ashutosh -
The government's responsibility is to ensure that those who are restricted from driving private vehicles, should have alternative modes of transport.

Talk Point: Scientifically, exemptions defeat the purpose of odd-even

Barun Aggarwal -
The reason why exemptions are given is because our public transport is unable to handle the demand, and is considered unsafe.

Talk Point: Being an emergency measure, odd-even cannot have exemptions

Polash Mukerjee -
The total number of cars moved off the roads during previous odd-evens was so small that pollution came down only by 7%.
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