Ahead of the second phase of odd-even scheme in the National Capital slated for April 15, the Delhi Government launched PoochhO Carpool app on Tuesday to help people explore carpooling options within a radius of 1-5 km during the 15-day exercise.
“Someone who has an even-numbered car and wants to carpool on an odd date can search for odd-numbered cars. He will immediately get a list of odd-numbered cars in the vicinity… Those having cars would be required to give their vehicle number,” Delhi Transport Minister Gopal Rai said.
To ensure safety, especially of women, users are not required to mention their mobile number and instead, can communicate with the car driver through a chat feature in the app, he said.
The app is also targeted at fathers who would pick their wards from schools in the afternoon, as women with children aged up to 12 years and in school uniform have been exempted from the scheme, Rai said.
The Minister said the Government had, through a survey, found that only 10 per cent fathers picked up their children in the afternoon.
The Transport Department had started a trial run of the app in January but it had to be closed down with odd-even I.