With the national capital's new vehicle policy which says that only odd and even numbered vehicles be allowed on city roads on alternate days, the youth here shared in unison that before such policies are put into practice, a proper mechanism needs to be put in place.
Although agreeing to the fact that the growing pollution can be curbed to a level with this policy, the youngsters of the city voiced their scepticism, saying that before implementing such rules and "ripping such ideas off others", the government should think about the repercussions as well.
"For me, this is like a knee jerk reaction. This is a desperate scamper by the government to try and show that it can do something. It has not been thought through at all. There is no indication of how it will be executed or enforced. A mechanism or a system needs to be theorised before it can be implemented," Nakul, a 21-year-old law student, told IANS.
While a 25-year-old businessman, Bhanu Singh said: "This is not meant to be implemented in Delhi. Delhi government should not copy and paste the policies. They should give it a thought before ripping others ideas off."
The majority of the capital's youth also opinionated that the new policy could have been tagged as anti-pollution only if the new norm was applicable to all vehicles including commercial ones.
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"This policy will definitely help in terms of pollution...but what about the commercial vehicles? Private vehicles get the pollution check done regularly but what about commercial vehicles?," said Paarijaat Sharma, analyst at Grail Research.
"It may or may not help reduce pollution. The same number of vehicles could possibly be making double or triple their usual rounds, thereby setting the benefit to naught," Nakul added.
Stressing that this idea could be a guide, Kuber, an engineering student, said: "The implementation of such a system in Mexico City may be a useful guide but can obviously not be exactly applied."
