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10L private vehicles in Delhi to go off roads daily

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Delhi transport dept proposes Rs 2000 penalty

NEW DELHI: Laying out the details of the odd-even car plan , Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday said there is no plan to continue the scheme in the national capital region after January 15."Most countries have such plans when the pollution levels go alarmingly high. We will do an assessment at the end of 15 days," he said. "If the people accept this plan and execute it on large scale, we will think about having a permanent measure," the chief minister said.Unveiling the plan effective January 1, Kejriwal said the VIPs ("except the CM of Delhi"), essential services vehicles like police or fire brigade, CNG and hybrid cars and only-women cars will be exempted from the measure to check vehicular congestion and emission.Kejriwal said a fine of Rs 2000 will be imposed for those violating the rules during those 15 days. The odd-even rule will be implemented from 8am to 8pm on weekdays. The plan will not be implemented on Sundays.The Aam Aadmi Party government has assured the city the public transport system will be streamlined to support the plan. "Metro will run at peak frequency. More buses and autos will be introduced. Mobile applications for car-pooling and auto-call have been announced," he said.To curb rising pollution level in the national capital, the Delhi government has decided to introduce odd-even scheme to be implemented starting from January 1. A trial of the scheme will run till January 15.According to the government's plan, it will run 6,000 additional buses to accommodate numbers of passengers after the implementation of odd-even scheme.Nearly 10 lakh private cars will daily stay off Delhi roads once the odd-even formula is enforced with drastic reduction in traffic flow expected to significantly reduce the high-level of pollution in the city.There are over 19 lakh private four-wheelers registered in Delhi and nearly half of these will go off the roads with the implementation of the AAP government's ambitious odd-even formula.