While Delhi struggling over ‘Pollution’, Bengaluru set to initiate ‘Less Traffic Day’

Bengaluru, December 4: India’s capital is severely suffering from high levels of ‘pollution’ making it as a ‘gas chamber’. Prevention is better than cure… is the formula adopted by Bengaluru. Bengaluru government decided to launch a campaign called ‘less traffic day’, to minimize the number of private vehicles plying on the road. 

To come into operation from February 2018, the campaign will be applicable on the second Sunday of every month.

"We already have 64 lakh private vehicles on the road and would like to avoid a smog situation, as in Delhi, in Bengaluru. While we are not banning private vehicles on that day, we will try to create awareness among Bengalureans to utilise public transport or hire yellow board vehicles to avoid pollution in the city," said Transport Minister HM Revanna.

Bengaluru already has a campaign called the “Bus Day” which is a day-long event organised by the Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation to encourage use of public transport in Bengaluru.

Initially conceived by a group of ardent citizens in Bengaluru, the idea was to change people’s mindset towards public transport and reduce use of private vehicles so as to minimize traffic congestion in the city.

Bengaluru has 64.36 lakh registered vehicles under the non-transport category, of which 49.42 lakh are two-wheelers and there are a total of 71 lakh vehicles in the city.