REALLY THE ODDS BEING EVENED OUT ????

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 15^th April to 30^th April,2016.  The only thing comes to our mind is the reason, result and the impact of this scheme.

During the 1^st 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

EDITOR AT CHARTERED BLOOD