Other polluting sources must be reined in: Experts

Welcoming the Odd-even vehicle rationing scheme, several experts and environmental bodies in the Capital have insisted that the implementation of the scheme should be a coordinated action across various sectors and geographies.

Environmentalists have asserted that after introducing the Odd-even, if the government does not monitor other restrictions, the scheme would be in vain.

“Bringing back the Oddeven is a good Idea. But we also have to be aware that many other factors such as industries, thermal power plants, construction and biomass burning in a larger region also contribute to hazardous pollution levels in Delhi," said Sunil Dahiya, senior campaigner of Greenpeace India.

Talking to Millennium Post, Dahiya added “we should not repeat the mistakes of sparing the big polluters, i.e. thermal Power Plants in larger regions around Delhi.”

Agreeing with Dahiya's views, Anumita Roychowdhuri of the Centre for Science and Environment said, "This is the first time Delhi will witness a winter with emergency pollution condition.”

“Keeping in mind the atmospheric condition, the government should enforce all the plans properly and should not concentrate on just one plan," she added.

Many experts cautioned that implementation of any plan with political motivation will only harm the people of Delhi.