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The pollution levels in metropolitan cities like Bejing and New Delhi have gotten dangerously high. Restoring air quality is the need of the hour. New Delhi, under the leadership of Arvind Kejriwal, implemented a scheme to allow for only odd license plates to ply on one day and only even ones to ply on the next.
While the move received a mixed response at home, the international community has been using such a road rationing scheme for a while now.
Paris, in reaction to the spike in air pollution in the city, has brought back the odd-even scheme of road rationing which was made famous in India when it was implemented in New Delhi this January.
While the air quality in Paris is quite bad, it’s only half as bad as New Delhi. Just goes to show that we really need to enhance our efforts to restore the air quality in our own nation’s capital.
Furthermore, the most romantic city in the world has also made all forms of public transport free of cost, which is costing the Paris government an estimated $4.3 million per day.
Addressing the alarming levels of air pollution has become the need of the hour. Paris has certainly taken a radical step to combat this problem.
I hope nations take inspiration from the efforts of cities like Paris and New Delhi and ensure we leave a better world for our kids.
News Source:Â IBTimes
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