The bus rapid transit corridor, launched with much fanfare in 2008 and which soon became the bane of car drivers in south Delhi, will get a ceremonial farewell on Tuesday .
The Delhi government's move to allow only alternate use of cars with odd and even registration numbers from 1 January 2016 is a step in the right direction. However, even as such command and control measures will be difficult to sustain, the gains made from these measures will only wane over time. Long-term measures with strong economic incentives to ensure favourable outcomes are imperative for better quality of air and environment. This involves strengthening public transportation systems.
The odd-even car formula in Delhi has brought to the fore the class bias that always existed in the city. Can we learn from history to build a more just and equitable environment for all to live, or will we reinforce the old walls of inequality?
NEW DELHI: As the sun rises over the capital in the new year, people will be anxiously waiting to see how Delhi government's odd-and-even experiment for checking air pollution unfolds.
The Delhi government has decided to reduce the number of extra buses to be deployed during the odd-even traffic trial to 3,000, down from 6,000 proposed earlier, because of the exemption given to t
Transport minister Gopal Rai said the targeted number of extra buses that will ply during the odd-even scheme starting January 1, has been revised from 6,000 to 3,000.
