Arvind Kejriwal, Delhi Chief minister addressed at the 13th HT summit and said that he will win the Punjab polls this time.
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The radical plan of the Delhi government to allow odd and even-numbered vehicles on alternate days from January 1 has got a thumbs up from the Chief Justice of India.
The decision that has been taken to curtail the ever-rising pollution in Delhi is likely to have several repercussions. iamin lists a few… The authorities plans to assessment the plan after 15 days. “If there are too many problems, it will be stopped”, he said at an event on Saturday.
The move came a day after the Delhi High Court made a scathing observation that the current air pollution levels in the national capital had reached “alarming” proportions and it was akin to “living in a gas chamber”.
Under new proposals, cars will be banned from the Indian capital on alternate days from January 1 according to whether they have odd or even licence plates.
Mr Kejriwal also said that reducing the number of cars on the capital’s roads is not the only measure that the government has planned to bring down pollution.
Kejriwal said the decision to propose increases the monthly salaries of the Delhi lawmakers was to stop them from taking bribes. “We will do because the individuals say”, he stated.
“Implementation of this policy is going to put lots of pressure on both the government and vehicle owners”.
Delhi pollution is expected to be cut by half if the private vehicles usage is restricted based on their registration numbers. Trucks enter the city after 9 pm right now.
“We ensure stricter enforcement in ensuring issuance of pollution under control certificates at petrol pumps through use of computerised system”, he said.
Kejriwal also spoke about the series of measures that his government plans to take to strengthen public transport in Delhi – redesigning roads, adding 10,000 buses to the existing fleet and constructing dedicated elevated roads for buses. The move had drawn flak from motorists who complained about the poor public transport in the capital.
“This is being done for the interests of the citizens and the public”, Delhi’s chief secretary, K.K. Sharma, said in a meeting with reporters. Given the high expenditure capacity of Delhiites, there are possibilities of people buying new cars with alternate registration numbers.
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Asked about his experience in government, Kejriwal said “Governance is not rocket science”. We are for you. “Some problems are political and some problems are constitutional”, he said.
