Air quality of Delhi nosedives with withdrawl of the odd-even exercise

#oddeven #airquality #delhipollution A check of the quality of air in New Delhi has revealed that the first three working days after the end of the odd-even exercise saw rapid deterioration with levels of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) registering a jump of more than 57 per cent on the first working day itself. This analysis has been done by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE). It has said that Delhi has lost the air quality gains of odd and even scheme and the delayed winter will make pollution worse unless suitable steps are taken to sustain the gains.
This has been reported in ibnlive.com dated 22 January 2016.

CSE has urged the Delhi government to immediately roll out its plan for the remaining part of the winter season and take action to reduce traffic volume on a more sustained basis so that public transport can perform more efficiently as was witnessed during the odd-even week.
Other steps that could be considered are - quick augmentation of bus and metro, stronger enforcement on diversion of truck traffic, closure notice on coal-based Badarpur Power Station power plant and serving notice to further advance implementation of Euro VI emissions standards for vehicles.
In the words of CSE, the gains of odd and even scheme were immediately lost after full traffic was back on the first Monday after the scheme came to a close. This was further aggravated by lower wind speed. On January 18, the PM2.5 levels shot up by 57 per cent within the day and once again rose to 'severe' category.

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