601 people challaned for violating odd-even scheme

The police penalised 147 motorists for violating the vehicular restriction norms, enforcement teams of the government's Transport department fined 240 motorists and Revenue department booked 214, senior officials said.

On Monday, the authorities had booked 753 violators of the scheme, which will run till January 15.

The odd-even scheme brought by AAP-led Delhi 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.