Pollution-hit Delhi to ban drivers on alternate days
by Annie Gowen for the Washington Post from on (#X10N)
Indian capital devises controversial measures in bid to to tackle world's worst air quality
The Delhi government has announced a plan to curb its choking pollution levels, among the worst in the world, by limiting drivers to alternative days beginning next month.
From 1 January, residents in India's capital city, which had been suffocating under a blanket of smog in recent days, will only be able to drive on alternate days based on their licence plate number; odd numbers on one day, even on the other.
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