A website is raising awareness about the concept to ease off traffic during Games

Traffic arteries are getting choked by the day. But is the government ready to face the heat during the Games? Well, that's something a Gurgaon-based car-pooling website is trying to figure out by spreading awareness about the concept.

The website, Easy2commute.com (E2C), is currently registered with over 3,500 corporate employees and adds about 75 members each week. More than 3,000 areas/sectors/colonies/offices in Delhi, Gurgaon, Faridabad, Noida and Greater Noida are covered by this website. The members are hoping to bring the number to around 10,000 by the start of the Games.

"We had approached Commonwealth Games organisers, hoping to get them enthused about the idea of car-pooling, but they didn't revert.u00a0 The lukewarm response forced us to knock the corporate door, and it proved useful," said Ambrish Bajaj, one of the founder members of the website.

"Eight months have passed since September 2009, and till now the organisers have done nothing. As an aware citizen, we have taken the onus. This initiative can help ease traffic congestion during the Games. We are now looking forward to triple the number by Commonwealth Games through our effort," added Bajaj.

u00a0In 2009, the Delhi government had also planned to launch the Pan City Mega Carpool Scheme ahead of the Commonwealth Games 2010. The ride sharing scheme designed in collaboration withu00a0 IIT-D, aims to provide a simple way to encourage car owners to share their vehicles with other car owners, thereby resulting in fewer cars on city roads.