With air quality taking a drastic plunge in the national capital, the AAP government has announced the Odd-Even Rule 3.0 which will be enforced for a period of five days from 13th November to 17th November.
The move came after an “emergency-like” situation prevailed in Delhi for the third day, as the Air Quality Index (AQI) worsened to 486 on a scale of 500 and was predicted to get even worse in the next 48 hours. As per air quality norms, a satisfactory AQI level is 100 while Delhi is routinely between 300 and 400.
However, the question still remains over whether Odd-Even Rule 3.0 would be able to curb this drastic change in air quality as in the previous two phases, there was witnessed a rise in PM 2.5 particles in Delhi by 15 and 23 percent respectively. As per a report by IndiaSpend, four-wheelers accounts for only 10% of the tola daily traffic on Delhi’s roads and there is a need for modifications in the rule.
On the other hand, what made the Odd-Even Rule a success was the fact that unknowing the state government was able to improve the traffic condition.
That said, the AAP Government looks confident of finally improving air pollution levels in Delhi with the introduction of Odd-Even Rule 3.0 and while the results will be the only way of knowing its success, here are some important details that you need to know about the third phase of this vehicle rationing scheme.
Earlier, the odd-even vehicle rationing scheme had been implemented from January 1 to 15, 2016 and then from April 15 to 30, 2016. While in the first phase, 10,058 vehicles were fined, the second phase saw a decrease to 8,988 fines.
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