New Delhi, November 15
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said a final call on extending the odd-even road rationing scheme would be taken on Monday morning as the air quality in the national capital is expected to improve in the next two-three days.
The CM said the government didn’t want people to undergo unnecessary inconvenience. “Air quality is predicted to improve over the next two-three days. We are keeping an eye on the situation. If it improves, there will be no need for (extending) odd-even. A final call will be taken on Monday morning,” he said.
The road-rationing scheme, rolled out on November 4, ends on Friday. The government had lifted the restrictions on Monday and Tuesday on the occasion of Sikhism founder Guru Nanak Dev’s 550th birth anniversary and said that the road rationing scheme would be extended if needed. Asked if odd-even proved effective, Kejriwal said the scheme was a measure to tackle local sources of pollution. — PTI
from The Tribune https://ift.tt/2Xh9CcS
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