A little more than four months before hosting the Commonwealth Games, the city government is considering drastic pollution-reduction measures, including a congestion tax, traffic restrictions, shop closures and a
moratorium on all construction in the weeks leading up to the October event. Chief minister Sheila Dikshit on Saturday chaired a high level meeting to interact with all concerned departments and environmental activists to dispel apprehensions about a possible increase in pollution level during Games.
Ms Dikshit said that there will be an unprecedented increase in the quantum of traffic during Games. She further said that it will be in the fitness of things if the number of vehicles coming from other states is minimised during Games.
It may be recalled that around one million vehicles have been daily entering the city.