Odd-even reduced fuel consumption, road congestion: Delhi government tells SC
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The Delhi government has submitted an affidavit to the Supreme Court defending the odd-even scheme, in which it cited independent studies indicating that the policy serves as an effective emergency measure against air pollution. Although the government conceded that it didn't conduct any scientific evaluation of the scheme, the impact evaluations by multiple sources showed that the policy reduced vehicular pollution. It reduced road congestion and fuel consumption by 15% on an average day, the affidavit read.