new delhi a day after the delhi high court said living in the city was like living in a gas chamber the delhi government in a unique move mandated vehicles with odd and even numbers to be allowed to run only on alternate days to curb pollution a move which the chairman of maruti suzuki r c bhargava says has no logic he asked if the delhi government administration is aware of who are the contributors to this pollution before deciding the move starting january 1 of 2016 if vehicles with registration number ending with an odd number can be driven one day only those ending with an even number can be brought out the next day this will not apply to public vehicles cng driven buses taxis and autorickshaws but will cover vehicles entering delhi from other states too the delhi government ordered this move in an emergency meeting on friday advt bhargava told et i am not sure if delhi administration understands the full logic once they understand it they may change the decision because cars become symbol of luxury or rich mans product it is one of the easiest to ban because of its greater appeal explaining further bhargava said the delhi government needs to first look at who is polluting the major pollution in delhi is the particulate matter 25 pm and there is virtually no emission from petrol cars he says there are lots of other sources of pollution like construction activity waste disposal and burning of waste from punjab and haryana desert storm from rajasthan diesel trucks passing through delhi etc what is being done to address them the chairman of largest car maker asked who has been a resident of national capital region for decades the government said it hopes to reduce vehicular pollution in the union territory to a half a joint meeting of traffic police transport department and municipal corporation of delhi will be called shortly to prepare the roll out of this executive order to be sure cities like beijing singapore and london have had curbs like odd or even number vehicle allowed every alternate day and in some select places even an additional surcharge is levied to ply the vehicles in city central advt experts say the move if implemented could result into people buying two cars one with an odd number and other with even number it could also spur demand for cab aggregators uber and ola to meet the peoples transport need and they may also be compelled to build their fleet vishnu mathur the secretary general of industry body the society of indian automobile manufacturers association or siam says these things need to be tried out other countries have tried it and it has helped them mathur says this move could give impetus to public transport infrastructure which industry players see as a big challenge currently however he asserts that the current air quality in delhi is not a factor of