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22 October 2015

Major road in heavily polluted New Delhi briefly car-free

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, center, takes part in a cycle rally during a car-free day covered only a six-kilometer (4-mile) stretch in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015.

One of the world's most polluted capitals, New Delhi, closed a major stretch of a road to private cars for a few hours Thursday, hoping to give its citizens a brief breath of fresh air by observing a car-free day.

Only public transport was allowed on the road from Old Delhi to the doorstep of Parliament.