To curb the worsening air high quality within the nationwide capital, the Delhi authorities has introduced that it’s going to implement the ‘odd-even’ rule for cars instantly after Diwali, between November 13 and 20, 2023. The scheme will restrict the variety of privately owned cars on the roads by permitting autos with license plates ending in an odd digit to ply on odd dates, and people ending with a good digit to ply on even dates. 

1. Private petrol and diesel cars should comply with odd-even rule
2. Cars operating on CNG and EVs are exempt

While all privately owned cars will fall beneath the ambit of the scheme, sure car classes will stay exempted. Cars operating on CNG, in addition to electrical autos (EVs), are prone to stay exempt from the week-long odd-even scheme, which goals to scale back air air pollution and visitors congestion.

The odd-even scheme was first carried out within the nationwide capital in 2016 and was later invoked in 2017 and 2019, as a brief visitors rationing measure to deal with the difficulty of air air pollution within the metropolis, which is commonly aggravated in the course of the winter months. The fundamental thought behind the scheme is to scale back the variety of autos on the highway.

On November 5, the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) carried out Stage 4 of the GRAP (Graded Response Action Plan) – in response to the persistent Severe+ AQI in Delhi over the previous couple of days. The plan bans entry of all heavy vans into the nationwide capital, together with BS3 petrol and BS4 diesel cars.

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