New Delhi: Asserting that an overwhelming majority of respondents were in favour of the vehicle-rationing scheme, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal said on Thursday that the second phase of the “odd-even” scheme will be implemented in the city from April 15 to 30, and that women, some VIPs and two-wheelers will remain exempted from the restrictions.
The Aam Aadmi Party government had conducted a public survey after introducing the scheme from January 1 to 15 to seek people’s views on reintroduction of the scheme. Kejriwal said his government was “seriously deliberating” on the idea of implementing the scheme for a fortnight every month, while admitting the city’s public transport was not capable of handling the huge passenger rush.
Under the scheme, private cars having odd registration numbers are allowed to ply on odd dates and those with even numbers on even dates.
“The biggest argument in favour of implementing the scheme every month is that an individual will not face trouble for more than six or seven days due to the nature of the scheme,” he said.
Kejriwal said the Delhi Government is procuring 3,000 new buses, including 1,000 luxury buses, which will ply from December as part of the efforts to ramp up public transport.
