735 people challaned for violating odd-even scheme

January 11, 2016 22:13

As many as 735 violators of the odd-even scheme were challaned today, the 11th day of the car-rationing measure's implementation in the National

Capital.

The police penalised 209 motorists for violating the vehicular restriction norms, enforcement teams of the government's Transport department fined 304 motorists and Revenue department booked 222, said senior officials.

On Saturday, the authorities had booked 875 violators of the scheme, which will run till January 15.

Officials of Delhi Metro said that 21,85,271 commuters took the metro services today, an increase of around 4.13 per cent from the ridership yesterday, when the scheme was not in force.

The odd-even scheme brought by the AAP government as part of a pilot plan to cut air pollution in the city was rolled out on January 1. The rules apply only from Monday to Saturday. January 10, being a Sunday, did not fall under the ambit of the new norm.

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