Questioning the Delhi government's odd-even car rationing scheme between 13-17 November proposed to combat the rising pollution levels in the national capital, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has said that it will not allow its implementation until the state government proves its efficacy and that it is not counter-productive.
In order to crack the whip on alarming levels of pollution in the city, the Delhi government on Thursday announced that the odd-even car rationing system would be re-introduced. However, the tribunal has asked the state government to prove whether the scheme helped in reducing the pollution levels in the city when it was implemented in 2016.
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Terming the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government's decision as hasty, the tribunal said that the odd-even policy cannot be arbitrarily imposed in the state. The tribunal said that in spite of several measures suggested by the apex court and the tribunal, the Delhi government failed to implement any of the suggestions.
The green body said, "The Supreme Court has not passed any order asking the state government to implement the odd-even scheme. It has asked you to implement the measures to combat pollution. Both the apex court and we suggested a hundred measures to you, but you haven't implemented ninety-nine of them. This one measure you want to implement."
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Meanwhile, the Delhi government announced free travel for commuters in all Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) and cluster buses during the odd-even scheme to encourage the use of public transport on Friday. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal also said the move will encourage people to switch to public transport.
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