After Delhi, Mumbai might try odd-even plan to reduce pollution

NCP demands adoption of odd-even plan; Maharashtra government examining Delhi 'experiment'

Should Delhi’s current odd-even car plying formula be introduced in this city? The ruling partners in the state government, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Shiv Sena are yet to decide.

Sena legislator Pratap Sarnaik has given a petition to the chief minister to do what Delhi has but BJP members say no hasty step should be taken.

The government was examining the Delhi experiment, said Finance Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar. He told Business Standard they were open to accepting ideas from elsewhere. “The results of Delhi’s experiment will take time to show. If successful, we’ll consider implementing it in Mumbai.” He spoke after a representation from the Nationalist Congress Party to try the odd-even formula here.

Government data showed the number of vehicles in the metropolis had crossed 2.5 million as on end-March 2015, mostly registered in the past decade. Of the 2.5 million, about 757,000 were registered in the island city, 1.17 million in the western suburbs and 573,000 in the eastern suburbs. There were 1.43 million two-wheelers and 800,000 cars. The number of city transport buses, taxis and auto rickshaws were 186,000.