Most buses, taxis, autos won’t ply on roads today

NEWDELHI:RESIDENTS of Delhi and the national capital region (NCR) are likely to face a harrowing commute on Thursday as a big chunk of private buses, autos, app-based taxis, trucks and other modes of transport will stay off the roads in protest against steep new fines under the amended Motor Vehicles (MV) Act.

A number of schools declared holidays as many privately run school bus services also backed the strike. Buses run by the Delhi Transport Corporation and the Delhi Metro will ply normally, government officials said.

Many buses, autos and cabs NEWDELHI:PEOPLE violating the odd-even road rationing scheme between November 4 and 15 could end up paying ₹20,000 as fine under the amended Motor Vehicles’ Act, officials said.

“The violation under the odd-even scheme is a compoundable offence (offences for which fines can be paid on the spot). The only way to

are expected to join the strike in Noida but the protest is unlikely to have an impact in Gurugram. In some other parts of the country, reduce the fine is if the Delhi government notifies lower compoundable amounts,” a senior traffic officer said. The Delhi government said its notification on the issue will take time. This would mean that if the notification does not arrive before November 4, then all oddeven fines will have to be paid in full at court.

including Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, and Tamil Nadu, trucks are likely to stay off