The Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Tuesday today, has urged the Delhi High Court to pass directions to postpone the Delhi Half Marathon scheduled to take place on November 19.

The IMA asked the Delhi High Court to pass directions in this regard to Kejriwal government stating the air quality in the national capital as poor and unsafe.

The order came on a letter written by the IMA to Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and the Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.

The court called it an "emergency situation", and asked the government to consider the option of "cloud seeding" to induce rainfall artificially, as an immediate step to bring down the dust and particulate matter in the atmosphere.

The court also asked the Delhi state government to implement the `odd-even` vehicle usage scheme as a short term measure.

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