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With pollution levels expected to go up further in Delhi after Diwali, the Arvind Kejriwal government today announced that the odd-even car scheme will be enforced in the city from November 13 to 20..
The odd-even scheme permits cars to operate on alternate days based on their odd or even number plates..
Vehicles with odd number plates will be allowed to ply on odd dates and similarly vehicles with even registration numbers will be allowed on road on alternate days, Delhi environment minister Gopal Rai said...
And those with even numbers 0,2,46 and 8 will be allowed on roads on even dates, the minister said.. 'Odd-even' car restriction scheme was first introduced in 2016 by the AAP government to control vehicular pollution and later implemented in 2017 and 2019 also.Dring the 2019, odd-even restrictions, two-wheelers and electric vehicles were exempted from the restrictions, but not CNG-driven vehicles.Women-only vehicles with children aged up to 12 years and vehicles occupied by physically-disabled persons were also exemptedViolations of the odd-even rule were fined Rs 4,000 in 2019.The.
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