A day after a minimal drop, the Air Quality Index (AQI) on Saturday again reached the ‘severe’ category with a combination of smog and fog enveloping the national capital, reducing the visibility to 200 meters in the morning.
Following the implementation of anti-pollution measures under the Graded Response Action Plan's stage-III, enforcement agencies were seen in action across the city inspecting and monitoring vehicles over pollution norms and the violations with regard to the anti pollution plan.
Lieutenant Governor (LG) VK Saxena has reviewed the progress of works being undertaken in the villages of Delhi under the ambitious ‘Dilli Gramodaya Abhiyan’ (DGA) of the Delhi Development Authority (DDA).
In a bid to address pressing cleanliness issues in the national capital, newly appointed Mayor Mahesh Kumar Khinchi and Deputy Mayor Ravinder Bhardwaj embarked on their first official inspection on Saturday along with officials.
Rai further accused the BJP ruled states in the northern region for deliberately working to increase Delhi's pollution.
The Aam Aadmi Party accused Lieutenant Governor Ajai Kumar Saxena of plotting with the BJP-led Central government to harm Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal inside Tihar jail.
Addressing a joint press conference, senior Delhi BJP leaders, including Arvinder Singh Lovely, MPs Ramvir Singh Bidhuri and Bansuri Swaraj, raised the issue of the city's pollution, which is a major concern from the perspective of people's health.
Yadav has demanded that the probe should also cover how trees have been transplanted under a policy decision taken in 2018.
Delhi Mayor Shelly Oberoi on Saturday requested Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to release central government funds for the development and maintenance of the city.
In a display of defiance, the AAP formed a human chain in a protest against the Delhi L-G and the BJP, and carried replicas of trees and axes, voicing their outrage through slogans.
