Central ministers exempt from odd-even

April 06, 2016 20:49

Central government ministers will remain exempt from odd-even scheme while Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his cabinet colleagues will come under the ambit of the second phase of the road-rationing plan starting from April 15, Delhi transport minister Gopal Rai said today.

Rai said that the city government does not want any "unnecessary controversy" by bringing union ministers under ambit of the 15-day scheme.

He further said that in a survey conducted after the first round of odd-even scheme from January 1 to 15, people asked government not to give exemption to Union Ministers.

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