Aereal view of Mexico City blanketed by smog on March 17, 2016. (AFP Photo)
Mexico City:
Mexico City is temporarily ordering all cars to remain idle one day a week in response to its worst air-quality crisis in over a decade.
Currently vehicles are exempt from the city's "no circulation" rules if owners obtain a sticker from a smog-check center certifying them as lower-emission.
But the Environmental Commission of the Megalopolis said Wednesday via Twitter that all cars must now comply, regardless of whether they have the sticker.
They'll also be forced from the roads one Saturday a month.
The measure will last from April 5 until June 30, around the time that summer monsoon storms arrive and significantly improve Mexico City's air quality.
The commission is a cross-government agency comprising the capital and surrounding states that together make up the metropolis of 20 million-plus people.
(This story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
Currently vehicles are exempt from the city's "no circulation" rules if owners obtain a sticker from a smog-check center certifying them as lower-emission.
But the Environmental Commission of the Megalopolis said Wednesday via Twitter that all cars must now comply, regardless of whether they have the sticker.
They'll also be forced from the roads one Saturday a month.
The measure will last from April 5 until June 30, around the time that summer monsoon storms arrive and significantly improve Mexico City's air quality.
The commission is a cross-government agency comprising the capital and surrounding states that together make up the metropolis of 20 million-plus people.
(This story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
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