875 fined for violation on ninth day of odd-even scheme

As many as 875 people were fined on Saturday for violating the car-rationing 'odd-even' scheme. On the ninth day of implementing the scheme, police said they have penalised 203 motorists for violating the vehicular restriction norms as against yesterday's figure of 136.

The enforcement teams of the government's transport department fined 48 motorists, while revenue department booked 624 people. On Friday, the authorities had booked 720 violators of the scheme, which will run till January 15.

DMRC officials said that 19,05,693 people travelled in a metro on Saturday. The odd-even scheme brought by the AAP government as part of a pilot plan to cut air pollution in the city was rolled out on January 1. The rules apply only from Monday to Saturday.