Will be implemented from April 15 and 30: Kejriwal
New Delhi : The second phase of the odd-even vehicle rationing scheme will be implemented in the city from April 15 to 30 and women, VIPs and two-wheelers will remain exempted from restrictions, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced on Thursday.
Addressing a press conference, Kejriwal said as per the feedback received by the government, an overwhelming majority of the respondents were in favour of reimplementation of the scheme.The Chief Minister said government was ‘seriously Deliberating’ on the idea of enforcing the scheme every month for a fortnight while admitting the city’s public transport was not capable of handling the resultant passenger rush.
“The scheme will be implemented from April 15 to 30. The Board exams are getting over on April 12 and we will enforce the scheme thereafter. VIPs, women and two-wheelers will continue to be kept out of the ambit of the scheme,” he said. The scheme was implemented from January 1-15 as part of the government’s anti-air pollution initiative.
The Chief Minister, in a separate interaction with senior editors, had earlier said the scheme will not be permanently enforced as doing so will make people look for ways to beat the system, including bribing policemen.