Govt keeping eye on distribution of CNG stickers

Amid allegations that CNG sticker is being sold for Rs 1,000, the Delhi government has started a close monitoring of the distribution of these stickers at a CNG station near CGO complex in Lodhi Road.

Transport Minister Gopal Rai said the government had installed CCTV cameras at the station to keep a strict vigil on the staff distributing CNG stickers and if any irregularities were found, strict action would be taken.

“After allegations regarding irregularities being adopted in the distribution of CNG stickers surfaced, the government from Friday has started a close monitoring of the CNG station. An official of Indraprastha Gas Limited has been suspended and the government has registered an FIR against him for indulging in malpractice,” Rai said.

Ved Prakash, a member of Aam Aadmi Sena, a breakaway faction of the Aam Aadmi Party, had on Saturday hurled a shoe at Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a press conference on the roll out of the odd-even scheme.

In the middle of the CM’s speech, Prakash stood up, asking what the government had done about a sting operation that he had carried out on Friday, in which he had allegedly caught the staff of the CNG station at CGO complex selling CNG stickers for Rs 1,000.

Under the odd-even scheme, it is required for CNG-run cars for having such stickers to get exemption from the road-rationing plan starting from April 15.

Chief Minister Kejriwal had said that his government was seriously considering implementing the odd-even plan for 15 days every month.