From odd-even to aerial water sprinkling: How Delhi plans to tackle smog

Delhi Metro undertaking 180 additional trips from today and charging three times more as parking rates

Aiming to reduce life-threatening air pollution, which has rendered the city breathless for the past few days, the Delhi government inaugurated 20 ambient air quality monitoring stations on Thursday. 

Ambient air monitoring is a systematic assessment of pollutant levels by measuring quantity and types of certain pollutants in the surrounding air. Welcoming the move, several residents are hopeful that the move will provide some respite in their daily life. 

Delhi’s air quality index has breached the ‘severe’ category, with particulate matter (PM 2.5) crossing 450 microgrammes per cubic metre level. The Indian Medical Association described the condition as a "public