Arvind Kejriwal: Will drop odd-even plan; if it will cause inconvenience to Delhi people..

Arvind Kejriwal said that the proposed odd-even number traffic plan will be tested for the first 15 days after it is implemented on January 1, 2016.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said today that the proposed odd-even number traffic plan will be tested for the first 15 days after it is implemented on January 1, 2016.

“Let’s try it for first 15 days, if people face inconvenience then we will remove it,” said Kejriwal in a new radio ad.

The chief minister reasserted his faith in the new traffic plan by saying that it will bring down the number of cars on Delhi roads to curb air pollution.

“Number of cars will come down by half if we go by even and odd number system,” he said.

“My ministers and I will also follow it. We will try it out for 15 days, from 1 to 15 January. If it is too much trouble, then we will stop it. For 15 days, car pool with friends and neighbours. I will also do it,” Kejriwal said in the radio appeal.

The Delhi government’s decision to allow odd and even numbered vehicles on alternate days has received mixed response from several sectors. Kejriwal assured residents that the order will be removed if people face any inconvenience.

Kejriwal said that his government will not do anything without the consent of the people of Delhi.

“Will not do anything without consent of people of Delhi,” he said.

On December 4, the AAP government had come out with a plan of restricting private vehicles bearing odd and even registration numbers to alternate days from January 1 in Delhi.

As per the World Health Organization, India had 13 of the 20 most polluted cities in the world, and poor air caused hundreds of thousands of premature deaths each year.