The directive, announced by Delhi environment minister Gopal Rai, will not apply to 18 types of essential and emergency services, such as hospitals, water supply, and sanitation services, among others.
Besides, the government also asked private companies to stagger their timings and introduce shuttle bus services to reduce the use of private cars. Rai said that the whole of north India was facing very high pollution levels over the past three days, with a "severe" air quality index (AQI) of 419 recorded on Wednesday. However, no order to this effect for private sector was issued till late Wednesday. Also, it was unclear how such a scheme would be monitored.
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