Odd Even Formula ...

What is Delhi's new odd-even vehicle rule all about?

 

The Delhi government's new odd-even vehicle rule is applied from last January 1 in New Year, here are a few things you should know.

The Delhi government's new proposed rule to run vehicles with odd and even numbers on alternate days incurred much flak from social media users soon after being announced on December 4.

But despite all that, the system is scheduled to be implemented in Delhi from January 1, 2016. Keeping that in mind, here are a few things to know you could learn about it:

What exactly is the odd-even vehicle rule?

The AAP cabinet announced private vehicles will be allowed to run across the city based on their registration numbers. For example, if a vehicle's registration number ends with an odd digit, it will be allowed on the road on January 1, while that ending with an even number can be driven on the second, and so on.

This step has been taken as a measure to bring down and control pollution in Delhi.

Few things to know about it

1. Private vehicles with odd registration numbers will be allowed on the road on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

2. Vehicles with even numbers will run on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Nothing has been finalized about Sundays yet.

3. This rule will not be applicable on emergency vehicles like PCR vans, fire tenders and ambulances, and on public transports like CNG-driven buses, taxis and auto-rickshaws.

4. Good news for bike owners, for the government has decided to exempt two-wheeler from this rule.

5. This system, therefore, will be applicable only on private-owned four wheeler running across Delhi, and on those coming in from other states. And that includes vehicles used by ministers and bureaucrats of all ranks.

6. The government has added the public transport will be strengthened from the first of January. This will include increasing the frequency of metro trains across the city.

7. Responding to the raging criticism, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has said this system will be tested for 15 days and will be scrapped if it does not work for the citizens.

Other rules being implied along

1. Side Trucks will not be allowed to run across Delhi until 11pm.

2. All vehicles will have to follow the standards of Euro VI 2017.

3. The Delhi government has also decided to shut down the Badarpur power plant in southern Delhi, which is one of the coal-based plants of the NTPC.