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DELHI ODD EVEN RULE
The Delhi government's new proposed rule to run vehicles with odd and even numbers on alternate days incurred much flak from social media users soon after being announced on December 4. But despite all that, the system is scheduled to be implemented in Delhi from January 1, 2016. Keeping that in mind, here are a few things to know you could learn about it: What exactly is the odd-even vehicle rule?

The AAP cabinet announced private vehicles will be allowed to run across the city based on their registration numbers. For example, if a vehicle's registration number ends with an odd digit, it will be allowed on the road on January 1, while that ending with an even number can be driven on the second, and so on. This step has been taken as a measure to bring down and control pollution in Delhi. Where did it come from? This system was implemented in Beijing in 2008 just before the summer Olympics. While the rule was initially said to be temporary, it turned out to be so effective the government made it permanent. Similar road-rationing rules are imposed in many places around the world like Paris, Mexico and Bogota to curb road jams and pollution. In fact, the technique of road-rationing dates as far back as Roman age, and none other than the Shakespearean hero Julius Caesar had enforced it. We wonder if that was why Brutus did to Caesar what he did! #JustSaying Laughing Why is it being enforced? The Delhi High Court directed the Centre and State governments to come up with comprehensive action plans to put a check on the capital city's "alarming" pollution rate, saying living in Delhi is like "living in a gas chamber". A day after this, the Kejriwal-led government declared the odd-even vehicle rule with the hope it would lower the number of vehicles hitting the road per day, eventually bringing down the city's air pollution rate. Few things to know about it Private vehicles with odd registration numbers will be allowed on the road on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Vehicles with even numbers will run on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Nothing has been finalised about Sundays yet. This rule will not be applicable on emergency vehicles like PCR vans, fire tenders and ambulances, and on public transports like CNG-driven buses, taxis and auto-rickshaws. Good news for bike owners, for the government has decided to exempt two-wheelers from this rule. This system, therefore, will be applicable only on private-owned four wheelers running across Delhi, and on those coming in from other states. And that includes vehicles used by ministers and bureaucrats of all ranks. The government has added the public transport will be strengthened from the first of January. This will include increasing the frequency of metro trains across the city. Responding to the raging criticism, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has said this system will be tested for 15 days and will be scrapped if it does not work for the citizens. Other rules being implied along side Trucks will not be allowed to run across Delhi until 11pm. All vehicles will have to follow the standards of Euro VI 2017. The Delhi government has also decided to shut down the Badarpur power plant in southern Delhi, which is one of the coal-based plants of the NTPC.