Some days
ago, the Delhi government or the one man show (Kejriwal Government) rolled out
its odd even scheme in order to tackle the issue of rising pollutions under which
only odd cars could run on odd days and even cars on even days. A lot of
hypocritical drama was created in order to engulf the whole of the program into
an environment related theme and to project Mr. Kejriwal as the only
environment friendly or green Chief Minister in the whole country. But does
this program really cater to what the environment wants?
After the
completion of the first odd even scheme Delhi government rolled out huge sums
of money (which could have been spent on various other important matters
regarding water supply etc.) in order to praise itself for its success but in
actuality the government had no data to prove its claim. No experimental data
was recorded in order to compare the pollution levels to the previous one and
Delhi government just on the basis of its assumptions and pride rolled out so
many new achievement which could have never even existed and this truly points
to a more dramatic situation in which the success of odd even must be taken
into account.
First of
all, Delhi doesn’t even have enough public transport to host the Delhiites who
can’t go in their cars and had to commute through public transport. In Delhi,
the average waiting time for a bus is around 70 minutes and moreover the
availability of public transport (DTC buses and metro) for the Delhiites is
just 0.504 per 1000 Delhiites. These horrendous facts clearly portray the
actual condition of our transport system. Now, what if you suddenly double the
people commuting every day? This is what the AAP government has done in order
to worsen the situation.
This, itself
is not the only problem with odd even formula, the second problem being the
loss of employment for auto and taxi drivers. The poor auto and taxi drivers
who always have to work hard even to earn the basic money and to make both ends
meet would have their whole wage cut to half as they would be allowed to run
only half a month based on the registration number of their vehicle. What would
these people do? The recent rising of big companies like UBER and OLA in the
capital is just a consequence of this thing. Now people have switched on to
advanced booking of taxis etc. due to which the business of local taxi and
auto drivers is seeing complete closure and in addition to that the AAP
government has started their odd even, due to which a complete disaster for the
taxi and auto drivers ensues. Recent CNG sticker scam in the government has
also affected the auto drivers to a great extent and rather than checking the
scam or taking any action against it, the Delhi government in up with a new
punishment for these people. Just to make our roads free from traffic, we can’t
let people die of starvation and poverty.
Trade and
tourism through Delhi would also be seriously affected. People coming from
outside the capital for various reason be it regarding health, trade etc. won’t
be allowed entry. Assume that a person is coming in an even car on an odd day
from Haryana to get to AIIMS in order to get his seriously ill relative checked,
who would die if he doesn’t get the right treatments immediately. What would happen to this guy? First of all,
he would get a challan and then won’t be allowed to move further and this clearly
portrays the lack of proper planning while implementation of the program. Trade
through Delhi would also be jeopardized due to such ineffectively planned
schemes.
Though there
are various other points to prove my points, but these were the most exigent
ones which need to be addressed immediately other Delhi’s government inefficaciously
planned odd even would lead to huge disaster in the capital region.
JAI HIND, JAI BHARAT
JAI MA BHARTI
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