Delhi Pollution: Delhi’s air quality entered the ‘very serious’ category today i.e. on Friday. Under which various emergency measures are taken including ban on trucks, commercial four-wheelers and all types of construction activities which are causing pollution in the National Capital Region. In this series, CAQM, the statutory body responsible for making strategies to control pollution in the National Capital Region, on Thursday ordered a ban on unnecessary construction work and some categories of vehicles causing pollution. Let us tell you, the average AQI of the last 24 hours in Delhi was 392 on Thursday, 364 on Wednesday, 359 on Tuesday, 347 on Monday and 325 on Sunday. Earlier, 304 were recorded on Saturday and 261 on Friday.
The situation is also bad in Haryana and Rajasthan
It is not only the national capital Delhi that is facing the problem of air quality. In many cities of Delhi’s neighboring Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, the air quality has been recorded at very poor and harmful levels.
Rajasthan
Hanumangarh 401
Bhiwadi 379
Sriganganagar 390
Haryana
hisar 454
Fatehabad 410
jind 456
Rohtak 427
Ballabhgarh 390
Bahadurgarh 377
Sonipat 458
Kurukshetra 333
Karnal 345
Kaithal 369
Bhiwani 365
Faridabad 448
Gurugram 366
Uttar Pradesh
Ghaziabad 414
baghpat 425
Meerut 375
Noida 436
Greater Noida 478
Ban imposed on these works
Here, dense and suffocating smog is prevalent in Delhi-NCR for the fourth consecutive day on Friday and PM 2.5 (fine particles which when inhaled can penetrate deep into the respiratory system and cause respiratory problems) is seen at many places in the areas. The concentration was seven to eight times higher than the safe limit of 60 micrograms per cubic metre. Implementing the third phase of the pollution control plan, CAQM on Thursday imposed an immediate ban on non-essential construction work, stone breaking and mining. BS-3 petrol and BS-4 diesel vehicles have also been banned in Delhi, Gurugram, Faridabad, Ghaziabad and Gautam Buddha Nagar.
Delhi High Court held the Forest Department responsible
Here, the Delhi High Court on Friday questioned the Forest Department for carelessly giving permission for felling of trees without giving any reason for giving permission and also held the department responsible for the filth prevailing in the capital due to pollution. According to a report of Hindustan Times, the Forest Department is responsible for the mess in which the citizens of Delhi are today due to pollution. The court questioned the department and asked whether you want people to live in gas chambers. Justice Jasmeet Singh said this while considering a contempt petition on giving permission to cut trees without giving any reason.
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