After the precedence set by Delhi government, now Mumbai also seems to be getting serious on curbing vehicular pollution in the maximum city. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has proposed a radical overhaul of Mumbai’s vehicle usage to combat rising pollution.

The government could consider three options to reduce pollution. One is to to ban the registrations of new cars and bikes after a cut-off date, second id to have a ceiling on new registrations and their is to approve registrations only after proof of parking space is submitted by the customer. These measures are expected tocut the rapid growth of new vehicles on city roads and help avoid parking congestion. The Comprehensive Mobility Plan (CMP), as the BMC proposal is called, also calls for a ‘congestion tax’ in certain zones. Entry of cars and bikes will be banned in these zones during certain hours and violators will have to pay a huge fine.

The BMC’s move comes amid a raging debate and rising consciousness among city dwellers and urban policy planners about rising levels of pollution in metros.
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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal launched a scheme last month where cars with odd and even numbers were asked to ply on alternate days to bring down pollution levels.

“This should be welcomed as for years roads are being built only for cars. If the govt gives a push to public transport by curtailing the use of private vehicles, then it is good,” said Ashok Datar, transport expert.

The average car penetration in India is 18 per 1,000 people but in Mumbai and Delhi, it is 65. It is high time public transportation is given a push. It is proposed to build 34 Exclusive Bus Lanes on which only public transport buses would ply, increasing their speed and frequency. Intra-city bus terminals too are part of the plan.
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 The proposal also envisages widening 707 km of roads and linking roads by removing encroachments. A charge will be levied for parking on roads.

“Congestion tax is a different thing, in certain areas if you bring in cars at certain time of the day…
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you pay extra cost, fair enough…but to tell me that you don’t run the car at all, that is a different story,” says RC Bhargava, chairman of Maruti Suzuki. Bhargava said that cars are not the only thing that causes traffic on the roads.

Source: ETAuto

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