The newspapers are reporting this as if it is a "blow" to the odd/even formula.

However, the odd/even formula is just one of the initiatives planned to reduce
pollution which includes vaccuming of roads and planting trees and plants to
reduce road dust, setting the entry time of trucks to later and taxing them so
that they avoid Delhi etc.
Just thought I'd put this out there before a circle jerk breaks out.

Totally right! Another randian posted this a few days back

Heres a list of measures being adopted or considered by the AAP
government to curb air pollution, which are not just number plates:
Trucks will be allowed only from 10.30/11 pm instead of 9 pm
The movement of trucks in Delhi will be allowed from 10.30 pm or 11 pm
instead of 9pm. The 9 pm entry of trucks in the national capital slows down
traffic which in turn escalates pollution.
Pollution checking by transport department:
Mobile enforcement teams are being deployed for crackdown on vehicles
triggering pollution and vehicles not having PUC Certificates. The transport
department will also conduct rigorous checks to ensure that trucks entering
Delhi have valid pollution certificates.
Advance implementation of Euro VI norms
The cut-off date for implementation of Euro-VI emission norms for India has
been fixed at January 1, 2019. Delhi government has decided to advance it
to January 1, 2017.
Crowd-source pollution related complaints
The government officials will crowd-source complaints related to polluting
vehicles and burning of bio-mass, garbage, leaves, etc. Swachh Bharat
mobile app will also allow Delhi residents to post complaints. The Delhi
governments anti-corruption app will also be modified so that citizens can
click pictures of pollution norms being flouted. The photos then will be sent
to the government authorities.
Vaccum-cleaning of roads
Since a lot of the pollution comes from dust, the PWD has decided to start
vaccum-cleaning roads from 1 April 2016. Equipment needs to be procured,

following which agencies will be identified and handed over the contract to
conduct the same.
Greening project on kutcha roads
Extensive horticulture works shall be undertaken by the PWD from January 1,
2016 with the objective to ensure that open areas prone to generating dust
are greened and do not contribute to the dust.
Shutting down of Badarpur and Rajghat thermal plants
Environment department will consider issuing orders to close the Badarpur
and Rajghat thermal power plants, which are blamed for contributing to air
pollution. Another suspect is a thermal plant at Dadri, Uttar Pradesh. The
Delhi government will also move an application in National Green Tribunal for
closure of the plant.
Public awareness campaigns
Public awareness campaigns are conducted to raise social consciousness on
the issue and educate motorists about health hazards, statutory provisions
and control measures as well as engine tuning and maintenance.
MCD parkings closed down
MCD parkings on PWD roads of Delhi, which are creating chaos on roads will
be closed down. The department has been directed to take effective steps to
implement these decisions at the earliest.
Car-free days
The Delhi government has already launched monthly car-free days in some
areas. They have also levied a green tax to encourage the 52,000
commercial vehicles that enter the city daily to take alternative routes.

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[]phtark taazadil zindagi 9 points 1 month ago

MCD parkings on PWD roads of Delhi, which are creating chaos on roads will
be closed down. The department has been directed to take effective steps to
implement these decisions at the earliest.
If this happens, I will get a tattoo of AAP's logo on my bicep and kiss a photo
of Arvind Kejriwal every morning, I swear. I fucking hate the chaos caused by
cars parked on Delhi roads
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[]contraryview 3 points 1 month ago

I don't think the cars that you are mentioning are in MCD parking. In fact,
closing MCD parkings will increase parking on roads.

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[]strategyanalyst 3 points 1 month ago

If 50% of these initatives get implemented. I'll contribute $500 to AAP.

Remind me! in a year.
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[]nomu_totukya kartis tu 1 point 1 month ago

And this study was actually quoted by Kejriwal in a media interaction

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[]SocratesTombur 14 points 1 month ago*

India is incredibly dusty, way more than most other countries I've been to.
We don't know how to manage pavements or roads, period. American roads
always had pebbles or woodchips for paving. It didn't take long to
understand why.

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[]draksh 1 point 1 month ago

Road dust is for sure prime cause of poor air quality in cities. It is a fact that
does not need backing of any study. It is very sad that city administrations
are so ignorant of it.

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[]podangufg 5 points 1 month ago

ummm...no. atleast in delhi kejri in his plan included vacuum cleaning the
roads for dust
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[]draksh 1 point 1 month ago

Ok one city administration is now probably aware of road dust and would do
some thing about it, but rest of the cities are still ignorant. And it is sad that
issue had to be brought up in this study before they realized it.

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[]palaknama 1 point 1 month ago

A big reason for dust free areas is grass (New England and Europe have this
in good quantities; Arizona / Texas -- not so much). Put grass on unpaved
surfaces and reduce/eliminate footfall, and ensure high-footfall areas are
paved. You'll automatically get a cleaner greener city.

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[]samacharbot2 5 points 1 month ago

The other big contributors include domestic cooking, power plants and
industries. Vehicle emissions account for an average of 25% PM 2.5 levels,
going up to 36% in the winters.

NEW DELHI: The Delhi government may be targeting private vehicles

to check rising air pollution levels, but a study by IIT-Kanpur shows that
cars and jeeps contribute less than 10% of particulate matter while trucks
are bigger culprits.A big contributor to Delhi's air pollution is road dust that
accounts for about 35% of tiny particles known as PM 2.5 in the air,
followed by vehicles, according to a recent study by the Indian Institute of
Technology, Kanpur.The other big contributors include domestic cooking,
power plants and industries.

ET reviewed the findings of the IITKanpur report, 'Source

Apportionment Study of PM 2.5 and PM 10', which was submitted to the
Delhi government late last month.This report, commissioned by the state
government in 2013, is said to be one of the triggers for the Arvind
Kejriwal government's action plan to address air pollution concerns in the
Capital.A top official in the Delhi government confirmed to ET the IITKanpur study had indeed concluded that trucks are the major contributors
to PM 2.5 pollution among vehicles.

"While road dust is a major contributor to high PM 2.5 levels in the

city, it must be factored in that while this is true in summers, in winters
road dust plays very little role in overall air quality.

Delhi has been recording very high PM 2.5 levels, regularly shooting up
to 'severe' category, which indicates PM 2.5 levels of more than 250
micrograms per cubic metre.That vehicular contribution to deteriorating air
quality is significant is also clear through analysis of the secondary
particulates which are there in the atmosphere as sulphur dioxide, nitrogen
oxides, ammonia, and its compounds.The IIT-Kanpur study said that while
vehicles contribute up to 40% to this category by way of emissions, the
rest comes from power plants, industry and domestic sources besides area

sources like crop burning.The report is learnt to have emphasised,

however, that massive and concerted action across all contributory factors
needs to be taken to help improve Delhi's air quality.