It is almost certain that under the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP), more and more vehicles will be banned from running on NCR roads. The much-despised ‘odd-even’ plan might be implemented too. But these are small, short-term fixes, more for psychological impact than for actual change. The odd-even plan has so many loopholes it’s like Swiss cheese. There are many reasons for the decline in air quality, starting with the drop in temperature to farm fires and certainly rampant construction activities. Vehicular pollution is a major contributor as well—and that too throughout the year. Worse, the number of vehicles on...