Can Delhi’s $2.5 Billion Shift to Electric and Low-Emission Vehicles Transform India’s Capital to a ‘Pollution Free City’?

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Delhi has launched a $2.5 billion initiative to shift to electric and low-emission vehicles with the goal of transforming the city into a pollution-free environment. The measures also include curbs on waste, construction, and traffic to address severe air pollution and protect public health.

After years of stonewalling, the city is finally acknowledging the public health risks of air pollution – launching a series of radical moves aimed firstly at cleaning up vehicle emissions as well as stronger emission curbs on waste, construction and traffic during winter-time pollution peaks. The most radical measures include: banning new fossil fuel 2 […]