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In an effort to reduce air pollution, Delhi’s Environment Minister, Gopal Rai, said on Monday that the odd-even automobile limitation program would be implemented in the city from November 13 to November 20.

At a news conference held here, Rai made the announcement. “In Delhi, the odd-even program will start after Diwali and continue from November 13 to November 20. After November 20, a decision about the scheme’s extension will be taken.”

Car use is alternated according to the number plate digits under the odd-even arrangement.

In order to put students’ health first, Rai also declared that all schools would suspend in-person instruction, with the exception of those in grades X and XII who were getting ready for board examinations.

Moreover, the government-mandated safe threshold for pollution levels in Delhi-NCR was surpassed seven or eight times on Monday morning, and the area was shrouded in a deadly haze for the sixth day in a row. Every day at 4 p.m., the 24-hour average Air Quality Index (AQI) is measured. On Saturday, it was 415; on Sunday, it was 454. This led to the Center putting into effect all emergency actions outlined in the last Stage IV of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) to address air pollution.

A 2018 research by The Energy and Resources Institute found that almost 40% of the PM 2.5 pollution in the nation’s capital is caused by vehicle emissions.