New Delhi, Jan 10: Seeking to promote cycling in the national capital, Delhi government today said it will provide subsidy on purchase of cycles, from the money collected as challans during the odd-even scheme’s implementation period.
Transport Minister Gopal Rai said that once the car- rationing pilot plan is wrapped up, the government will constitute a committee to work out further modalities of the this proposed idea.
The decision was taken in a meeting of the Coordination Committee on the odd-even scheme, chaired by Rai.
Under the road-rationing scheme implemented on January 1, one has to cough up Rs 2,000 for violating the vehicle-restriction rules.
From January 1 to 8, traffic police, transport and revenue departments have issued 5,893 challans for the violations so far.
The transport minister also appealed to Delhiites to use bicycles for their daily-need every day instead of using bikes in their colonies and said that government will build cycle tracks and stands on roads.
Aiming to cut down air pollution in the city, the Arvind Kejriwal-led government has implemented a 15-day-long odd-even scheme, which came into force on January 1.
