To curb air pollution in Haryana, the State Government on Tuesday decided that the Odd-Even Rule would be implemented in four NCR districts of Haryana which includes Gurugram, Faridabad, Jhajjar and Sonipat from next week.
It was decided in an emergency meeting called by the Additional Chief Secretary Sanjeev Kaushal on Tuesday. Along with this, it has also been decided that in 14 districts of the State falling under NCR, Government employees will Work From Home (WFH) till November 22.
The 14 districts of Haryana where WFH has been advised are – Bhiwani, Charkhi Dadri, Faridabad, Gurugram, Jhajjar, Jind, Karnal, Mahendragarh, Nuh, Palwal, Panipat, Rewari, Rohtak and Sonipat.
The Odd-Even Rule is a vehicle rationing scheme under which odd and even-numbered vehicles ply on alternate days on the roads. Vehicles with registration numbers ending in odd numbers are allowed on the roads on odd days and even-numbered vehicles are allowed on even days.
Apart from this, private establishments were asked to do the same. Such industries where such a system is not possible will have to take special permission from the Deputy Commissioner concerned.
Earlier, in four districts of Haryana, the administration has already advised people to work remotely and Government and private schools were also closed till November 17.
Deputy Commissioner Gurugram, Yash Garg said the administration will take all measures to implement decisions taken in the meeting. The responsibility of the transport department has already been fixed to follow directions.
An official of the district transport department said, “We will implement the Odd-Even Rule as per the given directions. As several people are already working from home so we hope it is not difficult for the department to implement orders,” he said, adding that, “there will be no restrictions on CNG vehicles”.