Monday morning brought a smooth and time-saving ride for the Delhites as the Odd-Even rule seems to do wonders for Delhi. The Odd-Even formula is being implemented from January 1 to January 15; the pollution levels may have not come down as expected but the smooth traffic has definitely brought a smile on the faces of people.
The Delhi government implemented this formula after the level of pollution in the city reached to such an alarming level that the court compared Delhi to a “gas chamber”.
Delhi’s Chief Minister set an example by car-pooling with transport minister Gopal Rai in his Tata Nano; Home minister Satyendra Jain also joined them in it.
Nearly 5500 buses have been brought on streets of Delhi to provide commuters transport facility and metro will also transport 32 lakh commuters instead of 26 lakh commuters daily.
Many people of Delhi shared their experience on twitter and we have selected some for you to read:
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It is so ODD that EVEN on a Monday morning the traffic is so smooth in Delhi. #DelhiOddEven @nashcheez @franklyaman @ArvindKejriwal
— Aman Gulati (@am46an) January 4, 2016
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https://twitter.com/vikas_ch/status/683924202164846592
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https://twitter.com/irfannooruddin/status/683866589020557313
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Not much traffic on the road. #DelhiOddEven seems to be working for the road traffic at least!
— Priyanka Khosla (@PriyankaKhosla8) January 4, 2016
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Don't know about #pollution but #traffic less in Delhi. No fines and field day for taxis.. #uber the on constant surge
— Tushar Maheshwari (@tushardelhi) January 4, 2016
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From Noida border to Connaught Place in 30 minutes, first time in years that I had a peak-hour ride without a traffic jam #OddEven
— Madhavan Narayanan (@madversity) January 4, 2016
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https://twitter.com/vijay_nair/status/683197825774125056
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Heartening to see the widespread support for #OddEven ! Roads from Rohini to Karol Bagh were empty. Reached in 20 minutes flat.
— Mayank (@AZenGuy) January 4, 2016
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Andrews Gunj to Anandvihar in a bus, at the busy hour it took 27 minutes.. And no bus was not overcrowded.. #OddEven is working stupendously
— Truth hurts (@unknown_indian) January 4, 2016
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@DrKumarVishwas "@sardesairajdeep #OddEven it took 25 minutes via car pool to reach Noida from south Delhi. Normally takes 45 to 50minutes."
— Vijay Jha (@vc_jha) January 4, 2016
After taking a look at these tweets, it can surely be said that the Odd-Even formula is really working for the populace of Delhi.
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