Twitterati slam BJP leader Vijay Goel for violating Odd Even Scheme

Bharatiya Janata Party leader Vijay Goel drew a lot of flak for violating the Odd-Even scheme implemented by the Kejriwal government in order to control pollution.

On being asked, Goel said, “This scheme is just a gimmick, they (Delhi Govt) themselves say pollution is due to stubble burning, then how does this scheme help? I am ready to pay the fine for violation.”

The move from the leader didn't go down well with the social media users; some called it anarchism and some even asked him to join Bollywood. The leader finally was fined ₹ 4000 as per rules by Delhi Traffic Police. Here are some of the tweets expressing anger over the BJP leade’s blatant violation of the scheme;

The odd-even road rationing scheme, an anti-pollution measure, kicked in from 8 am on Monday in the city, with Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal urging people to follow it for the sake of their family and kids.

Under the scheme, apart from exempted categories, only those non-transport four-wheeled vehicles will ply on the roads which have registration numbers ending with an even digit.

Two-wheelers and electric vehicles have been exempted from the restrictions, but not CNG-driven vehicles.

Women-only vehicles with children aged up to 12 years and vehicles occupied by physically-disabled persons will also be exempted.

Twenty-nine categories of vehicles, including those of President, prime minister, emergency and enforcement vehicles, have been exempted.

However, the vehicles of the Delhi chief minister and ministers will not be exempted.

The overall Air Quality Index (AQI) of the city at 7:30 am stood at 439, which falls in the "severe" category. An AQI between 0-50 is considered 'good', 51-100 'satisfactory', 101-200 'moderate', 201-300 'poor', 301-400 'very poor' and 401-500 'severe'. An AQI above 500 falls in the 'severe plus' category.