An Indian traffic policeman with his face covered by a protective mask handles traffic at an intersection in New Delhi on December 31, 2015. Millions of Delhi residents will have to find alternative ways to work from January 1, 2016, when authorities impose draconian restrictions on cars to try to clean up the world's most polluted capital. Private cars will be banned from the roads on alternate days, apart some exceptions such as those that run on CNG, from January 1 as part of a slew of measures aimed at reducing smog levels that include shutting some coal-fired power plants and vacuuming roads to reduce dust. AFP PHOTO / Money SHARMA
NEW DELHI: More than a million private cars were banned from New Delhi’s roads on Friday, as authorities began trialling drastic new measures to cut smog in the world’s most polluted capital.
From January 1 only cars with odd-numbered licence plates will be allowed on the roads on odd-numbered dates and those with even-numbered plates on the other days, except on Sundays when the rule does not apply.
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