New Delhi: The second day of the third edition of Odd-Even road space rationing scheme came into effect on a better note on Tuesday as the air quality showed some improvement this morning. After pollution levels in Delhi-NCR peaked to a three-year high, there was a slight relief from pollution on Monday evening. Resulting in most of the stations back in the severe category on Tuesday, but only a few were recording an AQI of 500+.


As per the report, the Air Quality Index (AQI) improved on Monday evening at various places in New Delhi and Noida. In the morning, all the stations were recording with severe category. However, by the end of the day, it came down to poor category in the national capital.

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Meanwhile, on the first day of the Odd-Even scheme, Delhi Traffic Police sources said the cops issued as many as 233 challans to commuters for violating the rule on the day 1 as it was kicked off in Delhi on Monday. Even BJP leader and former Union Minister Vijay Goel was penalized a sum of Rs 4,000 by traffic cops for defing the rule in the national capital on Monday, who termed the whole move as a 'drama' of AAP government.

 BJP leader Vijay Goel is fined by a traffic police personnel as he arrives at Janpath from his residence, in an odd number car on the first day of the Odd-Even traffic regulation scheme by the Delhi government as a mark of protest on November 4, 2019 in New Delhi, India. (Getty Images)

The Delhi government has ordered for plying of vehicles under the Odd-Even scheme from November 4 to 15 in view of the severe air pollution that has engulfed the national capital and its adjoining areas post-Diwali.

The penalty for violating the Odd-Even traffic movement rule has been doubled this year by fixing it at Rs 4,000 as compared to the previous editions of the scheme.

The scheme had been introduced in Delhi for the first time in January 2016.

There has been mixed response from Netizens over the implementation of the odd-even scheme in the national capital to tackle air pollution.

(with inputs from agencies)