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Odd-Even For Delhi A Must, Says Team Kejriwal In Court Today

New Delhi: Whether the Odd-Even plan to restrict cars in Delhi to cut deadly pollution can be enforced with exemptions to women and two-wheelers - as the Arvind Kejriwal government wants - is likely to be decided by the National Green Tribunal today. After a slight drop in pollution on the weekend, the air quality worsened again today even as schools re-opened in the capital.

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