Pollution And Jam In Delhi

The effects of unbridled urbanization are inescapable in New Delhi. Smog blankets landmarks like India Gate in winter, delaying flights at the airport due to poor visibility. Traffic jams are part of the daily routine and slums abut New Delhi's luxury hotels and private mansions, testifying to a growing wealth divide and chronic housing shortage.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will present a "big gift" to Delhiites by inaugurating several highways in the next six months, to free the city from traffic jams and pollution, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Thursday.

Less congestion in Delhi owing to the odd-even car rationing scheme is shielding people from "direct exposure" to pollutants, especially in and around areas of high car density such as traffic junctions, experts opine.

In view of the alarming levels of pollution, the Delhi government has once again written to all the civic bodies and the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to check burning of waste in the open, which it said continues unabated across the city.

The effects of unbridled urbanization are inescapable in New Delhi. Smog blankets landmarks like India Gate in winter, delaying flights at the airport due to poor visibility. Traffic jams are part of the daily routine and slums abut New Delhi's luxury hotels and private mansions, testifying to a growing wealth divide and chronic housing shortage.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will present a "big gift" to Delhiites by inaugurating several highways in the next six months, to free the city from traffic jams and pollution, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Thursday.

Less congestion in Delhi owing to the odd-even car rationing scheme is shielding people from "direct exposure" to pollutants, especially in and around areas of high car density such as traffic junctions, experts opine.

In view of the alarming levels of pollution, the Delhi government has once again written to all the civic bodies and the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to check burning of waste in the open, which it said continues unabated across the city.