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To: Mohan Marette who wrote (3407)	12/17/1998 9:40:00 AM
From: Mohan Marette	Read Replies (1) of 12475

Pollution capital to restrict vehicles Thursday December 17 1998 India Pollution capital to restrict vehicles (South China Morning Post) IAN MACKINNON in New Delhi Vehicles are to be banned from the busiest areas of the Indian capital in a bid to cut Delhi's disastrous pollution levels. The city's new Congress (I) Party-run Government is also to prohibit the burning of fallen leaves - an even bigger producer of smoke. Falling winter temperatures and still air leave the city blanketed in a layer of toxic smog for days on end. In the most congested areas, pollution levels reach five times World Health Organisation recommended maximums during rush hours, making Delhi the world's fourth most polluted city, with cases of respiratory disease 12 times the national average. Critics say Delhi's inadequate and overcrowded public transport system is one of the key culprits, but the authorities aim to tackle it only in the longer term. Initially the city's Government plans to ban vehicles from the central Connaught Circus and Chandi Chowk, the frenetic trading artery of the old city. Electric-powered buses are to be introduced. The use of poor-quality diesel and two-stroke fuel is to be curbed with the opening of laboratories to test supplies for purity, and more outlets selling liquefied petroleum gas opened. The Supreme Court has banned commercial vehicles more than 20 years old, and those 15 years old must be phased out by 2001.

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