I received a mail from Vijay Kumar Gupta who writes, “I want to draw your attention towards traffic problem in Delhi. It has been observed that several government agencies responsible for management of traffic have done a lot of efforts to improve and strengthen the infrastructure for better traffic movement in Delhi. But the pace at which the numbers of vehicles are increasing day by day, all development proves to be inadequate. At no point of time development is adequate to cater to ever increasing demand. I feel that government should not only confine itself towards development of roads and connected infrastructure but also should take effective steps to curb the traffic volume.

“I suggest that new registration of vehicles should be banned and a new vehicle should be registered only when an old vehicle is scrapped. The registration number of the old vehicle may be allotted to the new vehicle. This will not only keep the number of vehicles constant but also reduce pollution because of plying of old vehicle. This condition can only be relaxed in a case where there is no vehicle registered in the name of any adult person of a family so that any family can have a vehicle of their requirement. If a family has a two-wheeler then a four-wheeler can be allowed if they do not already have one. I hope that you will take up this issue at appropriate level so that Delhi remains liveable even for our children.”

I don’t know how feasible it is on the ground to implement because in India whatever rules you come out with, they are meant to be broken. I think the Delhi government should implement the proposal of charging more tax from owners having more than one car registered in their names. This tax should be a hefty one so that people think twice before buying an additional vehicle.