People reach work in half the time

The second phase of odd-even car-rationing scheme, which came into practice from Friday, received quite a good response from the citizens of Delhi this time.

Jai Mehta, a resident of Gurgaon, said, “I reached Connaught Place from Gurgaon today in just 40 minutes, otherwise it used to always take me around one-and-a-half-hour in the heavy congested traffic. The roads were comparatively clear and less congested. I really thank Arvind Kejriwal for this initiative.”

There were some who raised concern regarding the poor transport system but still praised this movement by the government. Niharika Khanna, a college student, said, “Although the Metro was not much crowded on the first day of the odd-even scheme, but I am pretty much sure from Saturday, the Metro and public buses will be full crowded. This will be a little difficult but the best part would be that the traffic would become less and hopefully pollution level might come down.”

Anant Arya, who works in a call-centre, said, “I reached my office today in just 15 minutes because there was hardly any traffic congestion on the road. I did see some even vehicles being challaned by the traffic officials but I think this might help them to be aware of the consequences from next time. It is a good step by the government. Less congestion would definitely mean less pollution.”

“I am happy because co-incidentally I have two benefits from the odd-even scheme. Firstly, women are exempted from the scheme and secondly, I have a CNG fitted car. So the odd-even scheme hardly matters for me. But the best part is that there I found no traffic on the way from Delhi to Noida. I reached in half-an-hour,” said Mahima Singh, who works in a private firm. Lakshay Vats, a resident of South Delhi, said, “I feel this odd-even scheme came to practice again because Delhiites themselves felt that they would be able to breathe less polluted air to some extent. And one of the biggest reason is of course having less vehicles on roads.”