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To combat Delhi’s air pollution, the union ministry for housing and urban affairs has allocated a fund of Rs 35 crore each to the north, south and east Delhi municipal corporations. Civic body officials said the fund provided under the Centre’s Swachh Bharat Abhiyan would be used to buy water sprinklers, plant saplings and shrubs and build vertical gardens in markets, roundabouts, roads and schools. Air pollution is a major problem in the Capital in winter. In the past, alarming levels of pollution forced the government to ban construction activities, shut schools and implement the odd-even car rationing policy to bring down pollution levels.