Delhi is turning into a gas chamber with the air quality index hitting the hazardous 400-500 'severe plus' category. Schools have been shifted to online mode, companies forced to announce work-from-home for their employees, and vehicles face restrictions.
Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva and Union Minister Harsh Malhotra took part in the demonstration, wearing respiratory masks to raise awareness among the people about the dangers of increasing pollution.
He emphasized the alarming rise in pollution levels, which have been exacerbated by stubble burning and other factors, with several areas recording very high AQI readings surpassing 400.
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.
The decision came during a high-level meeting Rai held with the officials on the implementation of GRAP-III restrictions in the city.
Motor Vehicles Inspectors (MVIs), who are duty-bound to physically verify a vehicle and its documents before giving it a fitness certificate to ply on the roads, apparently issue such certificates sitting in their offices in lieu of heavy bribes.
The Environment Minister said, “Delhi Pollution Control Committee will take action against those project proponents who have not registered their construction and demolition sites on the C&D portal for self-assessment of dust control norms.”
This mode of transportation has multiple benefits, including reduced travel time, reduced logistics cost and lower pollution in comparison to the conventional mode of transportation.
India's 1.3 billion people live in areas where the "annual average particulate pollution level" exceeds the WHO safe limit of 5µg/m³, it says.
The first super site of the Real Time Source Apportionment System has been chosen at SKV, Pandara Road, stated the Delhi government.
