Delhi to again implement odd-even formula from April 15-30

The Delhi government has decided to implement the radical ‘odd-even’ formula for a second time for a duration of 15 days starting April 15, 2016.

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today announced at a news conference that the decision to bring back the radical scheme was taken since feedback from the people of the capital were predominantly positive.

The scheme was first applied for a 15-day trial period starting January 1, 2016, in a bid to reduce pollution in the city. Under this plan, cars bearing registration numbers that ended with an odd digit were allowed to ply on odd dates while those ending with an even digit were allowed to commute on even dates.

As a part of the blueprint laid out by the State government, the 'odd-even' formula did not extend to two-wheelers. The same rule will continue in the second phase as well.

According to reports, Kejriwal said the scheme cannot entail two-wheelers since public transport wouldn’t be able to cope with the additional load. "If we implement the scheme on the nearly 30 lakh two-wheelers, there will be chaos," reports quoted Kejriwal as saying.

He claimed that 81 percent of the respondents to the surveys carried out following phase one of the scheme wanted the odd-even policy to return.

The government is yet to decide on other categories of motorists who will be exempted this time from the scheme.

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