Even as it remains unknown if the odd-even coverage for cars plying on Delhi roads has been a hit or now not, Bengaluru's burgeoning visitors woes would possibly make sure that it be replicated in our city as smartly. Mooting the idea, Home Minister Ramalinga Reddy had just lately said that the federal government would keenly observe how smartly the newest implementation of the coverage fares in Delhi, ahead of trying it out in Bengaluru to cut back visitors and air pollution.
Enforcement isn't easy
Implementing the coverage right here, even though, isn't going to be easy, say mavens, adding that it will now not have the required effect both. Traffic knowledgeable MN Sreehari, as an example, is lifeless against the idea. "Who is going to enforce the policy? How many traffic policemen can be spared to implement this rule when they have to keep track of over 48,000 junctions and the thousands of kilometres of road? How many more cameras will have to be deployed to capture moments of people flouting the rule? And what prevents motorists from switching between a four-wheeler and a two-wheeler according to the allowed number plate for the day or, for that matter, fixing fake number plates that are easily available at JC Road or Kalasipalayam? If pollution control is at the heart of this policy, they have got it all wrong and should instead look at preventing fuel adulteration, which happens in the outskirts of the city. Most lawmakers and enforcers are aware of this and have not been doing anything about this. Once they stop fuel adulteration, the exhaust will automatically be far less polluting and harmful to the environment," he says.
Will implement govt wish: Cops
Additional Commissioner of Police, R Hithendra, on the other hand, refused to comment on the factor, adding that his department would do whatever is essential to implement the coverage, in the tournament of the federal government ordering the same. "We are government servants and will implement the rule if the government so wishes," he says. In an previous conversation with us, Hithendra had said that effective carpooling, ban on previous business cars, and higher coverage of public transport techniques, just like the Metro, as an example, have been the one feasible manner to curb the city's visitors menace, which is poised to hit the once-crore mark in the subsequent 5 years.
Exemptions will make mockery of coverage
Speaking to us on condition of anonymity, a senior police authentic said that the odd-even coverage cannot take off without a powerful public transport device in position. "Even with a fairly good public transport system, the odd-even policy has not worked in Delhi, then how can it in Bengaluru? Let's say the government goes ahead and implements the rule and gets some 30 lakh vehicles off the road on a particular day. Even if five lakh find a way out of this, how are you going to cater to the transport needs of the other 25 lakh? Is the government going to tell people to head out to work only every alternate day?" he asks. The other factor, the authentic provides, is that when the coverage is applied, there will be more than one exemptions, beginning with, as an example, executive cars. "Then, like it happened in Delhi, there will be exemptions for women, cabs, senior citizens and so on and so forth. Eventually, it will become a mockery of the system. If the policy is implemented or not, what could be done is for big companies with huge staff strength to enforce carpooling," he says.
Enforcement isn't easy
Implementing the coverage right here, even though, isn't going to be easy, say mavens, adding that it will now not have the required effect both. Traffic knowledgeable MN Sreehari, as an example, is lifeless against the idea. "Who is going to enforce the policy? How many traffic policemen can be spared to implement this rule when they have to keep track of over 48,000 junctions and the thousands of kilometres of road? How many more cameras will have to be deployed to capture moments of people flouting the rule? And what prevents motorists from switching between a four-wheeler and a two-wheeler according to the allowed number plate for the day or, for that matter, fixing fake number plates that are easily available at JC Road or Kalasipalayam? If pollution control is at the heart of this policy, they have got it all wrong and should instead look at preventing fuel adulteration, which happens in the outskirts of the city. Most lawmakers and enforcers are aware of this and have not been doing anything about this. Once they stop fuel adulteration, the exhaust will automatically be far less polluting and harmful to the environment," he says.
Will implement govt wish: Cops
Additional Commissioner of Police, R Hithendra, on the other hand, refused to comment on the factor, adding that his department would do whatever is essential to implement the coverage, in the tournament of the federal government ordering the same. "We are government servants and will implement the rule if the government so wishes," he says. In an previous conversation with us, Hithendra had said that effective carpooling, ban on previous business cars, and higher coverage of public transport techniques, just like the Metro, as an example, have been the one feasible manner to curb the city's visitors menace, which is poised to hit the once-crore mark in the subsequent 5 years.
Exemptions will make mockery of coverage
Speaking to us on condition of anonymity, a senior police authentic said that the odd-even coverage cannot take off without a powerful public transport device in position. "Even with a fairly good public transport system, the odd-even policy has not worked in Delhi, then how can it in Bengaluru? Let's say the government goes ahead and implements the rule and gets some 30 lakh vehicles off the road on a particular day. Even if five lakh find a way out of this, how are you going to cater to the transport needs of the other 25 lakh? Is the government going to tell people to head out to work only every alternate day?" he asks. The other factor, the authentic provides, is that when the coverage is applied, there will be more than one exemptions, beginning with, as an example, executive cars. "Then, like it happened in Delhi, there will be exemptions for women, cabs, senior citizens and so on and so forth. Eventually, it will become a mockery of the system. If the policy is implemented or not, what could be done is for big companies with huge staff strength to enforce carpooling," he says.
Odd-even policy in Bengaluru: Experts say it won’t work
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