Pedalling towards a cleaner capital
The real crisis lies in major cities, where overcrowded roads, rising pollution, declining patience and poor traffic discipline have become commonplace.
The real crisis lies in major cities, where overcrowded roads, rising pollution, declining patience and poor traffic discipline have become commonplace.
Delhi’s draft EV Policy 2026 opens for consultation, proposing incentives, scrappage benefits and strict timelines to push electric mobility across two-wheelers, commercial fleets and private vehicles.
Pakistan emerged as the world’s most polluted country in 2025, recording PM2.5 levels up to 13 times higher than the safe limits prescribed by the World Health Organization (WHO).
The framework aims to improve road cross-sections, right-of-way (RoW) utilisation, greening measures and road maintenance protocols across the NCR.
The CAQM, in view of the forecasts for meteorological conditions and air quality index made available by Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) and the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), respectively, has taken a call on the preventive, restrictive measures under stage II of GRAP, invoked in the entire NCR on October 19 last year.
According to the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) data, the levels of PM10 soared 15-16 times the 24-hour standard at several places in Delhi.
Additional enforcement teams may be deployed at all the entry points to peripheral ways to ensure the implementation of the aforesaid directions, added Rai.
The advisory came in the wake of overall air quality in Delhi, which continued to be in ‘severe category’, is likely to improve in various places in the national capital due to the light rain that occurred on Saturday morning.
If stubble burning is detected anywhere in the state, the concerned police station in charge will be held responsible.
Delhi Congress President Arvind Singh Lovely, along with party leaders, Mangat Ram Singhal and Haroon Yusuf, took part in silent protest.
