The state govt had ordered repeat fines of Rs 2,000 in the odd-even plan for each violation by motorists in the course of a day
New Delhi : Two days ahead of the rollout of the odd-even scheme, the Delhi government today decided to withdraw its earlier order to slap repeat fines of Rs 2,000 for each violation by motorists in the course of a day.
The decision was reached at a meeting Delhi Police Commissioner B S Bassi had with the state’s transport minister Gopal Rai.
Bassi and Rai deliberated at length on how to ensure coordination between Delhi Police and the city government for effective enforcement of the ambitious scheme aimed at significantly reducing air pollution.
Rai said following a request by the police commissioner, the Delhi government decided to reverse its earlier decision of slapping a fine of Rs 2,000 on offenders each time they got caught violating the scheme during the course of the day.
It was decided that volunteers to be deployed by the Delhi government will not act independently and be attached to either sub-divisional magistrates, traffic police or the enforcement wing of the transport department.
Bassi had yesterday said action will be taken against volunteers if they took the law into their hands and engaged in “vigilantism”.
