Capital Goes Indoors As Air Becomes Unbearable Again

50% WFH At Govt Offices, Panel To Enforce Ban On Entry Of Trucks

New Delhi: Delhi environment minister Gopal Rai, after a meeting with various departments, said to reduce vehicular pollution in the city currently reeling under “severe” air quality, 50% of Delhi government employees will work from home.

The transport department will procure 500 private buses as part of the “Paryavaran bus service” – buses hired especially when air pollution is at its peak, the minister said. The government is also exploring the option of implementing the odd-even scheme, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal announced at another press conference. A special task force will be formed for monitoring pollution levels at hotspots.

The transport department enforced a ban on BS-III petrol and BS-IV diesel LMVs (four-wheelers) considering the stage III of Grap, in which states were earlier given an option to impose restrictions.