Increasing parking fee during odd-even implementation may create chaos: Kejriwal

Hiking parking fees during implementation of the odd-even road rationing scheme might lead to a chaos, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Thursday.

Last week, the Supreme Court-mandated Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority (EPCA) chairman Bhure Lal had asked the Delhi government to fix the parking charges as per the new parking policy so that it could be hiked in view of growing air pollution.

The odd-even scheme will be in place from November 4 to November 15. Under the scheme, exempted vehicles having odd and even last digits of their registration numbers ply on alternate days.

It will become very difficult for people to travel if the odd-even scheme is implemented and parking fees are also hiked, Kejriwal said in a press conference.

"We are asking people to share their vehicles during odd-even days and if parking fees are increased, they will be deterred to take their vehicles out. There will be threat of chaos," he said.

At the press conference, Transport ..