New Delhi officials urged drivers to park their cars and use public transportation Thursday, in a new effort to combat air pollution.
A major road closed for five hours and residents were encouraged to take public transportation, the Associated Press reported.
Arvind Kejriwal, chief minister of the state of Delhi, and his cabinet colleagues, led cyclists along the four-mile-long route, on the first of what will be a series of days aimed at cleaning the city's air.
Kejriwal told AP:
"All of us have to do our bit to decongest the roads and to reduce pollution.
