Even as the world gears up for the New Year, air pollution will play a dampener on celebrations in certain global metropolitan cities.

For the next two weeks New Delhi resident Saurabh Sanyal will work for more than 12 hours every other day.

NEW DELHI: As the sun rises over the capital in the new year, people will be anxiously waiting to see how Delhi government's odd-and-even experiment for checking air pollution unfolds.

Most polluted city in the world wakes up today — to change. All eyes on 15-day Delhi pilot plan for odd and even cars on alternate days.

The State government may contemplate introducing the odd-even vehicle scheme after examining its success in Delhi.

Restrictions not on exempted vehicles

In response to a PIL challenging the exemptions granted to two-wheelers and women drivers, the court asked for data to see whether the restrictions would “make a difference”.

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday urged school children to ask their parents to follow the odd-even scheme.

Taking a cue from Delhi, the Shimla authorities are contemplating implementing odd-even vehicle number scheme to regulate traffic and check pollution, an official said on Wednesday.

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