Air Pollution: Does Delhiites Support Arvind Kejriwal’s Ambitious Odd-Even Scheme? Survey Says This | India News

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s formidable scheme for combating air pollution through the winter season is about to make a comeback as soon as once more. While the Delhi authorities has expressed a want to implement the scheme from November 13 for every week, the proposal is on maintain as of now after the Supreme Court questioned the transfer. The Supreme Court questioned the Delhi Government’s choice to impose the odd-even scheme for personal automobiles in Delhi tering the odd-even as ‘all optics’. 

Meanwhile, a survey by the Local Circle has revealed {that a} majority of Delhites will not be in favour of the scheme. The 2023 survey requested Delhi NCR residents whether or not they help the Odd-Even scheme. “Out of 10,644 respondents, 36% or around one-third stated ‘yes’ and 64% stated ‘no’. To sum up, 64% of Delhi NCR residents surveyed do not support the introduction of Odd-Even vehicle rule as a solution to air pollution,” revealed the survey.

The respondents shared their issues relating to the scheme as effectively. “The biggest group of 56% indicated that ‘two-wheelers’, which account for a large number of vehicles on the road, should not be exempt; 44% opposed exemption to ‘women drivers alone or with child up to 12 years of age’; 44% indicated ‘vehicles with person/s with physical disabilities’; 33% indicated ‘private vehicles with school children in uniform (only during school timings)’; 22% indicated ‘electric vehicles’ and 22% of respondents indicated ‘other exemptions not listed above’. To sum up, 56% of Delhi-NCR residents surveyed are opposed to 1 or more exemptions in Odd-Even vehicle rule implementation,” mentioned the survey. 

First carried out by the Kejriwal-led authorities in 2016, the odd-even rule, which permits personal four-wheelers to be pushed solely on alternate days in accordance with the final digit of their quantity plate, had restricted affect primarily as a result of many exemptions. Odd and Even system for personal automobiles in 2016 for 2 weeks had led to inconvenience for a lot of, some even shopping for a brand new automobile and plenty of discovering car-pool companions to journey to their office. While it led to smoother visitors, the affect on air pollution was marginal.

The survey obtained over 21,000 responses from residents of Delhi, Noida, Ghaziabad, Gurugram & Faridabad. 63% of respondents have been males whereas 37% of respondents have been girls.