To prevent the growing pollution in India's Delhi, the administration on Tuesday increased the vehicle parking fee four times. This decision was taken at a meeting of the Environmental Pollution Prevention and Control Authority (EPCA) appointed by the Supreme Court so that people make less use of private vehicles.

The situation of air pollution in Delhi has worsened and on Tuesday it reached the alarming level. The National Capital Territory witnessed the worst air quality and mist position of the year, which is worse than Diwali. There is a yellow blanket of mist in the sky of Delhi.

It is worth mentioning that 18 of the 21 active pollution monitoring centers have recorded serious air quality. Along with this, pollution has reached the hazardous level.

Since last evening, the quality and visibility of the air has been declining rapidly and due to the combination of moisture and pollutants, the city has a dense mist. This is a very serious situation, but according to global standards, it is also dangerous.

If the situation is bad and persists for at least 48 hours then the workforce under GRAP can close schools and start the even-odd plan.

In this regard, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal asked Deputy Chief Minister and Education Minister Manish Sisodia to consider keeping the schools closed for a few days in view of the rising pollution in the city. After this, Sisodia has convened a meeting of officials of the education, health and environmental departments.

Sisodia has also directed the Environment Department to submit a report on the city's pollution level by Tuesday evening. He said that the Delhi Government will take a final decision on closing schools after studying the report and on the different days of the week to plan to run vehicles according to the even-odd numbers.

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