Parking fees in Delhi-NCR are set to quadruple while Metro fares during off-peak hours may be slashed temporarily as part of a series of measures recommended by Supreme Court mandated green body EPCA to tackle the pollution crisis. EPCA chairman Bhure Lal and member Sunita Narain announced a series of measures under the Graded Response Action Plan. EPCA instructed Delhi Metro to lower fares during off-peak hours for at least 10 days, introduce more coaches and frequent services. It ordered municipal bodies in the region to increase parking fees in Delhi-NCR by four times. The body asked the Delhi-NCR governments to start preparing for measures like odd-even and ban construction activities if pollution aggravates.

Source: India Today November 07, 2017 10:52 UTC