In a significant development in Delhi's fight against pollution, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal announced on Thursday that the plan that the state Government had proposed is unlikely to be extended in the national capital region after January 15.
"Most countries have such plans when the pollution levels go alarmingly high. We will do an assessment at the end of 15 days," he said. "If the people accept this plan and execute it on large scale, we will think about having a permanent measure," the CM said.
As we had, certain types of vehicles would be exempted from the odd-even rule, regarding which Kejriwal said, the VIPs ("except the CM of Delhi"), essential services vehicles like police or fire brigade, CNG and hybrid cars and only-women cars will be exempted from the measure to check vehicular congestion and emission.
Kejriwal said a fine of Rs 2000 will be imposed for those violating the rules during the 15 days, commencing from January 1. The odd-even rule will be implemented from 8am to 8pm on weekdays. The plan will not be implemented on Sundays.
The Aam Aadmi Party assured the city the public transport system will be streamlined to support the plan. "Metro will run at peak frequency. More buses and autos will be introduced. Mobile applications for car-pooling and auto-call have been announced," he said.
According to the government's plan, it will run 6,000 additional buses to accommodate numbers of passengers after the implementation of odd-even scheme.
Nearly 10 lakh private cars will stay off Delhi roads every day once the odd-even formula is enforced with drastic reduction in traffic flow expected to significantly reduce the high-level of pollution in the city.
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