REALLY THE ODDS BEING
EVENED OUT ????
Standing in a overcrowded
Metro with no place to make for other passengers to de-board the train, and
looking in a vexed way the advertisement of the Delhi Government for
implementation of the odd even scheme again from 15th April to 30th
April,2016. The only thing comes to our
mind is the reason, result and the impact of this scheme.
During the 1st
quarter of this year, the result of this scheme is really out of sight. There
was a decrease in pollution level but that was because other reasons as stated
by the weather department.
Exempting the bikes and women
drivers also made up for a big debate as it was not on the terms of equality
and they also make pollution.
Adding to that in the long
run the scheme will definitely going to increase pollution as well as parking
problems.
Think about it, a high class
rich person will buy another car, he will only decrease parking space; a middle
class person travels through Metro and bus only on maximum days and the lower
class don’t really have a car. Also a middle class person who pays the EMI all
year and use the car only on the family outing once a month will surely going
to do that through his car or his friend’s car.
The biggest think about is that
Metro has still not made all the trains 8 coached, plus the officials confirmed
that the waiting period cant be decreases to low to 90 seconds from 2 minutes
average time. The result is that people travel like chickens in Metro during
odd even and will continue to do so during odd even implementation.
In addition to that the buses
are still not being delivered fully and people also not prefer them to travel
for long distances.
Adding to that pollution
reduction was the prime reason for the scheme and not the decrease in traffic.
Though the odd even scheme
appears to be a very noble thought of the Delhi Government but till the time
the public transport doesn’t make it compensate it to the fullest the odd even
is and going to be a good scheme only on papers.
Views
expressed are personal.
WRITTEN AND POSTED BY
SAMIR DEWAN
