Delhi: Odd-even set to return, CM Kejriwal to announce dates tomorrow

The ‘odd-even’ scheme is ready make a comeback in the national capital. The dates will be announced by chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday.

Transport minister Gopal Rai said the government will make the announcement after reviewing over 11 lakh responses received from the public through multiple channels on Wednesday.

Deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia suggested that the licence plate policy will be back ‘once again’. Sources said the scheme’s next phase could be enforced in April after the CBSE Board examinations. “The scheme is all set to make a comeback. Ministers including the chief minister will announce the dates in a press conference on Thursday,” said sources.

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Gopal Rai had earlier tweeted, “Delhi government will take a decision on the future of odd-even tomorrow. Public feedback report is being prepared today.”The road rationing experiment, aimed at curbing air pollution in Delhi, was implemented from January 1-15 in its first phase.

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Subsequently, the government invited public opinion through emails, missed calls, online forms and also reached out to around 9 lakh people through an interactive voice response system. “Around 28,300 suggestions have been received through online forms while another 9,000 and 1,82,808 have come through emails and missed called respectively. The government, on its part, has made more than 9,00,000 calls to gather public opinion,” a senior government official said.

AAP MLAs, who organised Jan Sabhas on the same theme, have claimed that public opinion was ‘overwhelmingly’ in favour of re-introduction of the scheme.

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