New Delhi: As the odd-even rule is about to start from the first day of 2016 in the national capital, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today urged school children to tell their parents to follow the odd-even scheme.
“You should talk to and convince your parents to get a Pollution Under Control certificate… Convince your parents to follow the odd-even rule,” Kejriwal told students here.
“Call up your relatives and friends and tell them not to violate it. This will only be successful when it becomes a big movement.
“Vehicular pollution is the main reason why we are here… After conducting car-free day on 22nd of every month, we calculated pollution and it was comparatively lesser,” he said.
“This encouraged us to implement this odd-even formula for a trial period of 15 days,” Kejriwal said, adding: “We will start vacuum cleaning on streets around April, like it’s done in Europe… The Delhi government is also building by-pass corridors to avoid trucks (Haryana and Uttar Pradesh route only) entering Delhi.”
