Bogotá is extending the licence plate restriction to the weekend to curb deteriorating air quality caused by forest fires in the Eastern plains.
Despite millions of Bogotanos using eco-friendly transport during No Car Day, the Mayoralty decreed a yellow alert for bad air quality.
For the second time in a month, Bogotá has issued a Yellow Alert deteriorating air quality and enacted the Environmental license plate restriction until Monday, March 11.
The Mayoralty is keeping up the pressure to reduce the air quality index by closing factories and enforcing the license plate restriction.
After the district issued a yellow alert for smog levels in Bogotá, Pico y Placa has been extended to include weekends.
Bogotá has issued a “yellow alert” for deteriorating air quality as the dry summer intensifies and Trade Winds decrease.
The Colombian capital has been ranked by the Global Traffic Scorecard as the world’s 5th most traffic congested city. Los Angeles takes world’s top spot.
Thousands of dead fish have been removed since Friday from Lake Sochagota near the Boyacá town of Paipa.
Powerful winter storms are affecting Bogotá and are predicted to last until December. An industrial fire has also affected the air quality.