AJAY MAKEN ASKS THREE QUESTIONS TO THE AAP GOVERNMENT

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New delhi : Delhi Chief Minister had introduced the odd-even scheme by  restricting  plying of four-wheel vehicles on Delhi roads for 15 days to control air pollution, and the people of Delhi fully co-operated to make it a success. Shri Maken said though the scheme reduced the traffic congestion on Delhi roads, he asked the Kejriwal Government what have they done to effectively prevent air pollution in the Capital? He said for short-duration travel in Delhi, the most effective mode of pollution-controlling vehicles was battery-operated E-Rickshaws, therefore, there was a big demand for E-Rickshaw licences in Delhi.  Shri Maken said according to information received through an RTI query as to how many E-Rickshaw permits have been given by the AAP Government during the past one year,  the reply got was that only 2513 E-Rickshaws were given permits. He said on the one hand, Kejriwal was introducing the odd-even scheme to control air pollution, but on the other hand, his Government has given permits to only 2513 non-polluting E-Rickshaws in one-year, which was puzzling.

Shri Maken said there was a big racket in the Delhi Government for giving permits to E-Rickshaws, as rules were deliberately teaked to favour only a few companies by the AAP Government to supply E-Rickshaws in Delhi, to keep out a number of other companies which were also in the fray to supply E-Rickshaws.  He said as a consequence, the favoured companies inflated the prices of the E-Rickshaws by Rs 40,000 to 50,000, to put a heavy burden on the poor E-Rickshaw drivers.