Mumbai is taking lessons from Delhi! It may soon come out with strict norms to contain pollution
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After the Supreme Court and Delhi government took up initiatives to contain pollution the national capital and adjoining areas, a civic body in Mumbai is also mulling over several ways to contain toxicity in the air.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has give three suggestions to the government over limiting pollution. The civic body has proposed a complete ban on new car and bike registrations in the city after a cutoff date, a ceiling on new registrations every year and approving registrations only after proof of parking space in a housing society.
The proposal, or the Comprehensive Mobility Plan (CMP), has also called for congestion tax in some areas and ban on vehicles in few zones during certain hours.
BMC's proposal should be taken up seriously as a study has found out how indiscriminate addition of private vehicles was clogging the roads of the city.
"This should be welcomed as for years roads are being built only for cars. If the govt gives a push to public transport by curtailing the use of private vehicles, then it is good," Ashok Datar, transport expert, told ET.
Apart from limiting vehicles, the BMC proposal also states about building 34 Exclusive Bus Lanes, widening 707 km of roads and linking roads by removing encroachments.
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The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has give three suggestions to the government over limiting pollution. The civic body has proposed a complete ban on new car and bike registrations in the city after a cutoff date, a ceiling on new registrations every year and approving registrations only after proof of parking space in a housing society.
The proposal, or the Comprehensive Mobility Plan (CMP), has also called for congestion tax in some areas and ban on vehicles in few zones during certain hours.
BMC's proposal should be taken up seriously as a study has found out how indiscriminate addition of private vehicles was clogging the roads of the city.
"This should be welcomed as for years roads are being built only for cars. If the govt gives a push to public transport by curtailing the use of private vehicles, then it is good," Ashok Datar, transport expert, told ET.
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