Delhi pollution: Do odd-even schemes work? Here’s what data says

The odd-even road rationing formula could make a comeback if Delhi’s air quality index enters the “severe plus” category, the capital city’s environment minister said on Tuesday as the pollution worsened after Diwali. The minister’s comment came a week after the Supreme Court had reprimanded the governments of Delhi and neighbouring states for failing to curb pollution and termed the proposed traffic-rationing scheme “mere optics”.