Our Readers Help Out AAP, Give Alternatives to Odd-Even Formula

Readers oblige our call-to-action, sending in alternatives to the Delhi government’s odd-even traffic plan.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal recently announced an ‘odd-even’ traffic plan to combat the city’s dangerous pollution levels, to be implemented from January 1, 2016. Under this plan, Delhi will have alternate days of exclusively even-numbered and odd-numbered cars on its roads. Many felt that the scheme is harebrained and will only serve to inconvenience the common man, while the wealthy remain unaffected.

In light of the Delhi government’s move, we asked our readers to share their ideas on how to combat the problem of toxic pollution levels more sensibly.

A Single Ruling Won’t Help; We Need a Spate of Measures

@TheQuint 1.Ban trucks entering Delhi 2.Impose heavy congestion tax during peak hours 3.Shut all polluting industry #DelhiOddEvenLogic 1/n

— Manish Sinha (@sinmani) December 7, 2015

@TheQuint 4.Increase cost of diesel 5.Make certain roads & days car free 6.Incentivize Car pool 7.Tougher emission norm #DelhiOddEvenLogic

— Manish Sinha (@sinmani) December 7, 2015

Eco-Friendly Tech Will Save the Day

@TheQuint Hybrids,RoofTopSolar,SolarAC,CompulsoryCarPooling,StaggerFlexibleTiming.SchoolOffices,IndUnits,RoofTop PV,SolarRefrigeration/AC

— Goodday Sharma (@gooddaysharma) December 7, 2015

Ration the Road

@TheQuint Road rationing should be coupled with a directive to tweak office hours, so as to avoid putting pressure on PT.#DelhiOddEvenLogic

— Rovick (@rovickiam) December 8, 2015

Good Public Transport Service the Need of the Hour

@TheQuint Unless public transport has enough capacity & proper last-mile connectivity e'whr, #DelhiOddEvenPlan is useless.

— Utpal Borpujari (@UtpalBorpujari) December 8, 2015

@TheQuint #DelhiOddEvenLogic Encourage walking/bicycle use/public transport. Consider making public transport free.

— Paulose George (@paulose_george) December 8, 2015

Say No to Trucks

#DelhiOddEvenLogic won''t work until Govt cracks down on trucks plying thru Delhi at night. Most flout emission norms,leave a trail of dust.

— Aabid Shafi (@abidshafi) December 9, 2015

A Greener Delhi

@TheQuint #DelhiOddEvenPlan cover all dividers/pavements with mulch/plants/tiles. Dust from there gets picked by winds. Reduce particulates

— Aditya (@addytudes) December 8, 2015