Delhi may soon consider a ban on all private vehicles except ones running on CNG in an effort to curb pollution and improve air quality in the national capital. The pollution control authority, in its latest recommendations, asked for "at least" odd-even to be implemented in the national capital as an immediate measure.
In its list of recommendations to the Central Pollution Control Board or CPCB, the Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA) asked them to "either impose a complete ban on non-CNG private vehicles, or at least implement the odd-even scheme if air pollution levels rise again in Delhi."
The recommendation was made directly by the chairman of the Environment Pollution Control Authority - a Supreme Court-appointed body.
The air quality in Delhi and its neighbouring cities - Gurgaon, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Noida and Greater Noida - has been oscillating between "very poor" and "severe", and on certain days reaching "hazardous" levels.
An AQI (Air Quality Index) between 0 and 50 is considered "good", 51 and 100 "satisfactory", 101 and 200 "moderate", 201 and 300 "poor", 301 and 400 "very poor", and 401 and 500 "severe". Anything above that is considered "hazardous".
Reacting to the recommendation by EPCA Chairman Bhure Lal, the Central Pollution Control Board said the order for a complete ban on non-CNG private vehicles should be "deliberated" by the EPCA themselves as they are a larger body.
Earlier this week, Mr Lal had also written to the chief secretaries of Delhi and its neighbouring states - Uttar Pradesh and Haryana - asking them to consider a complete ban on private vehicles except those running on CNG.
In a letter to CPCB member secretary Prashant Gargava, Mr Lal wrote that most major cities across the world have similar emergency plans. He even cited the examples of Paris and Beijing, which impose strict restrictions on private vehicles. He stated that the restrictions were based either on the basis of number plate (odd-even or similar schemes) or by type of fuel or the age of the vehicle.
In its list of recommendations to the Central Pollution Control Board or CPCB, the Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA) asked them to "either impose a complete ban on non-CNG private vehicles, or at least implement the odd-even scheme if air pollution levels rise again in Delhi."
The recommendation was made directly by the chairman of the Environment Pollution Control Authority - a Supreme Court-appointed body.
The air quality in Delhi and its neighbouring cities - Gurgaon, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Noida and Greater Noida - has been oscillating between "very poor" and "severe", and on certain days reaching "hazardous" levels.
An AQI (Air Quality Index) between 0 and 50 is considered "good", 51 and 100 "satisfactory", 101 and 200 "moderate", 201 and 300 "poor", 301 and 400 "very poor", and 401 and 500 "severe". Anything above that is considered "hazardous".
Reacting to the recommendation by EPCA Chairman Bhure Lal, the Central Pollution Control Board said the order for a complete ban on non-CNG private vehicles should be "deliberated" by the EPCA themselves as they are a larger body.
Earlier this week, Mr Lal had also written to the chief secretaries of Delhi and its neighbouring states - Uttar Pradesh and Haryana - asking them to consider a complete ban on private vehicles except those running on CNG.
In a letter to CPCB member secretary Prashant Gargava, Mr Lal wrote that most major cities across the world have similar emergency plans. He even cited the examples of Paris and Beijing, which impose strict restrictions on private vehicles. He stated that the restrictions were based either on the basis of number plate (odd-even or similar schemes) or by type of fuel or the age of the vehicle.
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