Odd-numbered cars to be allowed to ply on Monday, Wednesday and Friday
Odd-numbered cars to be allowed to ply on Monday, Wednesday and Friday
A day after announcing curbs on private vehicles in the city from next year, the Delhi government on Sunday said that odd-numbered cars will be allowed to ply on Monday, Wednesday and Friday and even-numbered vehicles will run on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
Delhi home minister Satyendar Jain said the AAP government will only allow emergency vehicles like PCR vans, fire tenders and ambulances on the roads without adhering to the new rules in the national capital.
Mr Jain, who is also PWD and health minister, said there is a need to take strict measures to clean the city’s toxic air and the even-odd formula will also be applicable to all ministers and bureaucrats in the national capital region.
Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal had on Friday said that the AAP government would discontinue the move after 10 to 15 days if people faced problems. “On Monday, Wednesday and Friday, odd-numbered vehicles will be allowed on roads in a week. Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday will have even numbered vehicles on roads, and we don’t care about which cars belong to whom,” Mr Jain said.
The minister said that the AAP government will only allow emergency vehicles like PCR vans, fire tenders and ambulances to run on roads without adhering to the new rule in the national capital. “Odd-even formula will also be applicable to all ministers and officers. I will also use my car on alternate days and will use carpooling service on other days,” Mr Jain said.
The minister has also sought people’s suggestions on the government’s odd-even formula. People can send their suggestions to pollutionfreedelhi @gmail.com, he said.
“Pollution level has gone up in winter in Delhi. Due to heavy smog, such a situation has emerged that people are being advised against going for exercise,” he said.
Mr Jain also said that the government also will do something about rampant use of generators by companies in the national capital which also contribute to pollution.
“We will soon discuss this issue in a meeting,” Mr Jain said. On December 4, the AAP government had come out with a plan of restricting private vehicles bearing odd and even registration numbers to alternate days from January 1 in the national capital.
