As many of you already know, the odd-even traffic scheme will be implemented in Delhi for a third time, from November 13-17.
While many felt this was the need of the hour, given the alarmingly high pollution levels in the NCR, others felt just this alone would not help. Stricter steps in other directions, too, are needed.
Advocate KS Bhati from Dwarka, president of Federation of RWAs of Sector 9 and of Ganpati Apartments, said, "The odd-even scheme is a good initiative, but its monitoring must be improved. The government should strictly ban any new registration of vehicles and no one should be allowed to buy a second vehicle if they already have one. Strong steps need to be implmented to make this scheme a success."
A resident of Sector 6, Rajeshwar Dagar, echoed his thoughts. "The odd-even traffic scheme is crucial to the controlling of air pollution. But last year it saw people buy another vehicle with a different number plate just to be able to avoid this scheme. This thwarts the whole purpose of the scheme and should be checked. Also, old vehicles — mainly old engines in use as ‘jugad’ must be stopped."
Noida residents too, most of whomhave travel from Noida to Delhi for work, welcomed the decision. However, many of them wanted it to be stretched out over a month, not just five days.
Shailendra Baranwal, a resident of Supertech Capetown in Sector 74, told City Spidey that he believed this move would control pollution on some level, but that November 13 was too late a date for implementation. "The Delhi government should implement it right away, from tomorrow. It is now that the pollution levels are worst," he said, adding that the government should launch this drive every second month.
Rajesh Singh, a resident of Sector 22, on the other hand, believed it would be more useful in alleviating the traffic situation in the capital.
What do you think?
