Assocham calls upon cos to join odd-even drive

Industry body Assocham has asked all its members to join the odd-even traffic plan in order to improve the air quality of the national capital.
The chamber has urged all its 1,28,000 members, associates and other common interest groups to join the initiative for making it a success, it said in a statement today.
In a letter to the members, the chamber suggested that the companies and all other business establishments should encourage their staff for car-pooling.
"The city has been the worst sufferer of toxic air... particularly children and aged. Under no circumstances, we should let this programme suffer a setback. Please encourage your staff to go in for a car-pooling on a big scale so that the number of cars on the NCR roads is reduced considerably," Assocham President Sunil Kanoria said in his letter.

He said if need be, the corporates may even tweak office timings and give some flexibility to the staff so that they all participate in the odd-even traffic drive, starting tomorrow.