Amid allegations that CNG stickers being sold for Rs 1,000 each, the Delhi government has started close monitoring of the distribution of these stickers at a CNG station near CGO Complex in Lodhi Road
Amid allegations that CNG stickers being sold for Rs 1,000 each, the Delhi government has started close monitoring of the distribution of these stickers at a CNG station near CGO Complex in Lodhi Road. The CNG cars have been exempted from the odd-even car rationing scheme to be implemented for a fortnight from April 15-30 but it is mandatory for them to have stickers.
Delhi transport minister Gopal Rai said that government has installed CCTV cameras at the station to keep a strict vigil on the staff distributing CNG stickers and if any irregularities are found, strict action will be taken.
Since the allegations emerged that irregularities are being adopted in the distribution of CNG stickers, government has started close monitoring of the CNG station from Friday.
“An official of Indraprastha Gas Limited has been suspended and government has registered an FIR against him for indulging in malpractice,” Mr Rai told a news agency.
The allegations were made by Ved Prakash Sharma, a member of Aam Aadmi Sena, a breakaway faction of Aam Aadmi Party, who on Saturday hurled a shoe at chief minister Arvind Kejriwal in a press conference when he was briefing reporters on the roll out of the odd-even scheme. The shoe missed the target, while the thrower was detained by police.
In the middle of chief minister’s speech, Prakash stood up, asking what the government has done about a sting he had carried out on Friday in which he had allegedly caught the staff of the CNG station at CGO Complex selling CNG stickers for Rs 1,000.
He said he had video evidence of the “scam”. Cars running on CNG are exempt from the scheme.
Under the odd-even scheme, it is required for CNG-run cars for having such stickers to get exemption from the road-rationing plan starting from April 15.
Mr Kejriwal on Saturday had said that his government was seriously considering implementing the odd-even plan for 15 days every month.
In January, Bhawana Arora of the same little-known group had thrown ink on Mr Kejriwal’s face at an event held to celebrate the success of the first phase of the odd-even scheme at a stadium here.
