The AAP government’s second phase of the car-rationing scheme will face the real test on Monday, the first full working day since the road-rationing measure was rolled out in the city on April 15.
The AAP government’s second phase of the car-rationing scheme will face the real test on Monday, the first full working day since the road-rationing measure was rolled out in the city on April 15. All offices, schools and other institutions will reopen on Monday after the extended weekend. The second pha-se of the scheme was rolled out on the day of Ram Navami, a public holiday, followed by the weekend.
Unlike the traffic restrictions which were imposed during the scheme in its pilot phase, in which the focus was more on awareness and voluntary compliance, the government has cracked the whip on violators this time, with over 2,300 challans issued in the first two days as against 479 during the same period in the previous phase between January 1 and 15.
Under the fortnight-long scheme, private cars having odd registration numbers can ply only on odd dates and the even numbers on even dates, subject to a set of exemptions, wh-ich include VIPs, women, school-going children, me-dical emergencies, comme-rcial vehicles and CNG cars. The rules, whose violation attract a penalty of '2,000 under provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act, are applicable between 8 am and 8 pm, except on Sundays.
