Delhi's Odd and Even Drive Policy

Delhi! Ditch the Numbers, Use the Colors

 

    Delhi's odd and even number drive policy permitting cars to drive on alternate days on the roads of Delhi is as arbitrary as picking random colors of cars to drive on certain days of the week. It would have at least been ingenious if Delhi government tried to use the color policy rather than the number policy. The number policy is a copy cat policy borrowed from the communist regime of China, which used it in 2008 during the Olympics. China used it to reduce air pollution during the Beijing Olympics, and adopted it only for the duration of a couple of months, that too only in the city of Beijing and nowhere else.

     Even the communist regime understood the arbitrary nature of the policy of odd and even numbers and used it only for a short-time, never to use it again in Beijing and any other city in China for that matter. Implimentation of odd and even number car drive policy, a failed policy of China, by the Delhi government only signals its totalitarian tendency and arbitrary nature. The city of Delhi has been praised historically as the heart of India, but it seems it is experiencing a heart-ache under the rule of the new Chief Miniter, Mr. Kejriwal. 

     If the Delhi government were to ditch the number policy and adopt the color policy it would at least make the roads look beautiful in traffic and make the children of Delhi happy. A better policy for the government of Delhi would be improving mass transit in the city for which the government does not seem to be committed.