Not exempting CNG vehicles from odd-even scheme will give wrong signal to buyers: IRF

NEW DELHI: Global safety body IRF on Wednesday sought exemption for private CNG vehicles from odd-even scheme in the national capital, and said that not doing so will give a wrong signal to buyers of such vehicles. The road rationing odd-even scheme of Delhi government is set to return in the national capital for the third time from November 4-15.
“International Road Federation (IRF) welcomes Delhi government’s move but also wants private CNG vehicles to be included in the odd-even scheme as these vehicles use much cleaner fuel and emit lesser carbon per unit capacity than two-wheelers,” IRF said in a statement here.
IRF President Emiritus K Kapila said non-inclusion of private CNG vehicles by the Delhi government will act as disincentive for buyers of clean fuel CNG vehicles in the capital and give a wrong signal to future buyers.
“The government’s move to include two-wheelers may be well intentioned but was it backed by substantive thought and measures is a pertinent question,” Kapila said.