India, Nov. 2 -- The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on Monday announced its decision to increase the frequency of trains as GRAP-II curbs came into effect in the national capital. The DMRC announced that the Delhi Metro will running 20 more trips on weekdays from Tuesday.

This will increase the total number of additional trips on its network by 40. "This is to encourage more and more people to use public transport than their private vehicles and help mitigate pollution," the DMRC said.

The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) on Monday invoked Stage II of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) across the National Capital Region (NCR) with immediate effect as Delhi's air quality deteriorated to the 'very poor' category for t...