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The #OddEvenPlan
Delhi starts two-week car restriction trial in attempt to reduce pollution levels.
The scheme is simple. Vehicles with odd-numbered registration plates are allowed on city roads at odd dates, and vehicles with even number plates are allowed on even dates.
Violators will be fined.
Effective dates: 1-15 January 2016.
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6 January 2016
India court challenges Delhi to show car ban cuts smog
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NEW DELHI (AFP) – An Indian court on Wednesday (Jan 6) challenged the Delhi city government to prove that its restrictions on cars were improving air quality in the world’s most polluted capital.
The Delhi high court said a trial ban, that allows most private cars to use the roads only on alternate days, was causing inconvenience to the public due to inadequate public transport.
With pollution levels still running at 10 times the international safe limits, it ordered the government to submit data for Jan 1-7 by Friday (Jan 8) so the impact of the ban could be assessed.
The Delhi government launched the trial ban last Friday (Jan 1) in an attempt to thin the toxic blanket of smog that has settled over the city.
“In these six days you must have collected data related to pollution level, we think it’s sufficient for you,” the bench of Judges G. Rohini and Jayant Nath said, according to the Press Trust of India news agency.
“You will have to think about the inconvenience caused to public at large,” the judges said, responding to a handful of petitions against the scheme.
Air quality, which traditionally worsens in winter as the cooler air traps pollutants and people start lighting fires, remains poor despite the trial restrictions which are due to last 15 days.
http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/india-court-challenges-delhi-to-show-car-ban-cuts-smog
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1 January 2016
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Particulate Matter levels in Delhi‘s air (latest vs 24 hours ago), as measured by GOVT OF DELHI.
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News To boost odd-even effort, Delhi University students cycle to North Campus http://orbitcollection.in/news/438138/twitter …
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Delhi police chief appeals people to follow odd-even rule http://orbitcollection.in/news/438139/twitter …
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Sriram NASA releases Pictures of Delhi after First Day First Show! #OddEvenTamasha
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Pollution in Delhi has started to fall. Where there’s a will, there’s a way. #IamWithOddEven
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#east #delhi. Speeds past right under the nose of civil defence volunteers
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BJP MP Satyapal Singh was stopped at India Gate by Delhi traffic police for travelling in an even numbered car
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#OddEvenPlan: Delhi transport minister Gopal Rai boards DTC bus to check its implementation http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Odd-even-rule-in-Delhi/liveblog/50401670.cms …
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Delhi Minister Satyendar Jain will flag off a free electric-bike taxi service for 15 days of #OddEvenFormula
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#InPictures: Delhi tries to even air pollution odds with car rationing http://read.ht/yoD #DelhiOddEven
- HT Correspondent, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
- Updated: Jan 01, 2016 13:51 IST
As the clock struck 8 on Friday morning, the odd-even vehicular restriction policy of the Delhi government came into effect, with thousands of volunteers taking to the streets to assist traffic police in enforcing the pilot plan that will stay in force in the national capital till January 15.
As per the scheme, cars bearing odd-numbered registration plates will ply on city roads odd dates and vehicles with even number plates will ply on even dates. A violator attracts a penalty of Rs 2,000 under relevant sections of the Motor Vehicles Act.
Delhi kicks off new year with #OddEvenPlan, ‘overwhelmed’ @ArvindKejriwal car-pools http://toi.in/4JPa9Y
Delhi starts two-week car restriction trial in attempt to reduce pollution levels http://bbc.in/22BLWNm
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8 August 2015
DELHI
Unbelievable traffic jams in Delhi today.1 teaspoon of rain is enough to create chaos in this city cos of poor drainage & traffic management
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Mother-of-all traffic jams at Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway yesterday.
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Delhi sees traffic gridlock like Bangkok in the 1980s http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Delhi-sees-traffic-gridlock-like-Bangkok-in-the-1980s/articleshow/48397368.cms …
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#parliamentlogjam is like traffic jams in Delhi, everyone blames everyone else, no one yields and everyone suffer.
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Massive traffic jams at DND NOIDA #delhitraffic
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weehingthong 