New Delhi: Ahead of rolling out of the odd-even scheme, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Thursday made light of its impact on curbing air pollution, saying migration of vehicles to Bharat VI standard is the "right and permanent solution".
He said although the states have the independence of bringing out such schemes, he referred to a recent study by IIT which claims that such plans do not make much difference to curbing of air pollution.
The second phase of the odd-even car-rationing scheme is set to start from April 15.
"Every state government has the independence of taking their decisions. But the work that has been done by Narendra Modi government...We were supposed to migrate to Bharat VI in 2024. But we have decided to shift the migration to 2020.
"Oil will be clean due to that and the vehicular pollution will come down by 90 percent. That is a permanent solution. And what is a permanent solution, that is important for the country. The problem of pollution will only end when after three years, all vehicles will be Bharat VI. For that we are investing Rs 60,000 crore," Javadekar said.
The odd-even car-rationing experiment in the national capital yielded little in terms of reducing air pollution or congestion on the city roads, initial findings of an IIT-Delhi study has found.
"States can experiment with odd-even scheme but IIT has given a report that there will not be much difference due to this. But the right solution is by bringing down pollution by 90 per cent by investing Rs 60,000 crore which has been has been taken by Narendra Modi government," he said.
Javadekar had earlier told Parliament that a single factor or action cannot substantially reduce pollution levels in the national capital and a comprehensive set of actions following an integrated approach is required to make substantial improvement in air quality.
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