Cab drivers hold up Delhi over diesel ban

Hundreds of taxi drivers protested in Delhi on Monday against a ban on diesel cabs, the latest initiative aimed at improving air quality in the world’s most polluted capital. The Delhi-Gurgaon highway was blocked in the protest. (Parveen Kumar/HT Photo)

Updated on: May 2, 2016 8:02 PM IST

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Hundreds of taxi drivers protested in Delhi on Monday against a ban on diesel cabs, the latest initiative aimed at improving air quality in the world’s most polluted capital. The Delhi-Gurgaon highway was blocked in the protest. (Parveen Kumar/HT Photo)

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The Supreme Court on Saturday ordered diesel taxis run off the city’s roads, refusing industry requests for more time to switch to greener compressed natural gas (CNG). Cab drivers say the order will hurt their livelihood. (Parveen Kumar/HT Photo)

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Many of Delhi’s taxis already run on CNG, but the ban will impact about 30,000 traditional cabs and some working for app-based Uber and Ola services, according to taxi operators. In this photo, a man waits on the top his car after getting caught in a traffic jam on Delhi-Gurgaon highway. (Parveen Kumar/HT Photo)

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Policemen cane taxi drivers protesting the ban. Taxi drivers blocked key intersections in Delhi and neighbouring Gurgaon on Monday morning, bringing peak-hour traffic to a standstill for hours. (Parveen Kumar/HT Photo)

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Commuters wait for the traffic to clear up on a Delhi road. A 2014 World Health Organisation survey of more than 1,600 cities ranked Delhi as the most polluted, partly because of the nearly 10 million vehicles on its roads. (Parveen Kumar/HT Photo)

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Heavy traffic jam seen at NH 8 as drivers protest diesel cab ban. The ban on diesel cabs came just days after the end of another two weeks of “odd-even” that kept about one million cars off Delhi’s roads. (Vipin Kumar/HT Photo)

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Traffic on National Highway 8 came to a halt during the protest . The ban on diesel cabs came just days after the end of another two weeks of “odd-even” that kept about one million cars off Delhi’s roads. (Vipin Kumar/HT Photo)

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Cab drivers blocked traffic on Ashoka Road near Parliament a day after the ban on their diesel vehicles. (Arvind Yadav/HT Photo )

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According to government estimates, there are around 60,000 taxis in Delhi and of these 27,000 run on diesel. (Vipin Kumar/HT Photo )

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Cab drivers blocked traffic on Ashoka Road near Parliament Street a day after the ban on diesel taxis in Delhi. (Arvind Yadav/HT Photo )

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Taxi drivers blocked key intersections in Delhi and Gurgaon on Monday morning, bringing peak-hour traffic to a standstill for hours. (Arvind Yadav/HT Photo )

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Various researches and studies put Delhi among the most polluted city in the world. (Sunil Ghosh/HT Photo)