I appeal people to go to their offices by cycle or public transport on that day.
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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today came clean over the row created after he was seen hugging RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav during the swearing in ceremony of Nitish Kumar as Bihar CM last week.
“We have not formed an alliance (with RJD)”, the Aam Aadmi Party founder leader said.
Kejriwal also sought to clear the air over the criticism he faced for hugging Lalu Prasad at Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar’s swearing-in at Patna on November 20.
The Delhi government had earlier announced that 22nd of every month will be observed as vehicle free day.
A sprawling metropolis home to 25 million people, Delhi is frequently enveloped in a dense smog that severely reduces visibility and has been linked to chronic respiratory disease.
He added that if 5-10 percent of people follow the appeal then it will be a big achievement for us.
There were immediate doubts about the effectiveness of the new strategy, which will be voluntary, after a localised car-free day in the western Delhi suburb of Dwarka on Sunday was largely ignored by residents. “Besides, government will also organise a cycle rally on separate stretches as part of “Car-Free Day”, Rai said. “So, for today’s event we are driving it manually”, said Aakash Garg, a final year B.Tech. student from Ghaziabad.
Suryapal Singh, a 66-year-old Dwarka Sector 12 resident, said: “We must cooperate with any good decision taken by the government, whether it is pollution, road safety or electricity”.
The AAP has not set its eyes on the 2019 Lok Sabha elections but is confident of taking power in Punjab in 2017, Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriewal said on Monday. The programme is being organised under Ab Bas Karein campaign to make Delhi free of traffic jams and vehicular pollution.
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Around 250 personnel of Delhi Police, Delhi Civil Defence and Delhi transport department were present on the occasion.
