Singh has a point as motorbikes are exempted from the restrictions. Around seven million motorbikes and scooters use Delhi’s roads.
MANILA — Even if the number coding or odd-even schemes of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority and city governments in the Philippine capital seem to be not working in decongesting major roads from vehicular traffic, New Delhi adopted the strategy primarily to reduce the smog choking the mega city.
On Sunday, a new law came into effect in India’s capital that restricts cars from roads to alternative days depending on the last number of their plate. Violators are fined 4,000 rupees (nearly P3,000).
Delhi’s 20 million population is inhaling smoke including 613 micrograms of particulates per cubic meter of air when the World Health Organization’s recommended safe daily maximum is 25 micrograms. Authorities are hoping the odd-even scheme will help bring down the smog level, so people can breathe without face masks and air purifiers.
However, Siddharth Singh, a climate policy expert, said the traffic restrictions are “ineffective.”
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“If air pollution was solely due to the vehicular traffic, then this would be a solution. Right now, it cannot be a solution because motorized private transport has a very small share in the whole pie,” Singh told AFP.
Singh has a point as motorbikes are exempted from the restrictions. Around seven million motorbikes and scooters use Delhi’s roads.
