The campaign to set fire to the open, which has been going on for a month, will start from today. The anti-road dust campaign will start from April 15.
The campaign to set fire to the open, which has been going on for a month, will start from today. The anti-road dust campaign will start from April 15.
The Delhi government will launch a campaign against open burning for a month from Tuesday as part of its “Summer Action Plan” to reduce air pollution.
Environment Minister Gopal Rai said on Monday that the government will also run an anti-dust campaign from April 15 to May 15 under a 14-point action plan. The decision on the action plan was taken after a meeting of the various departments concerned. Under the chairmanship of Shri Rai.
“Out of the 14 points under the summer action plan, two immediate action plans have been prepared and the remaining 12 will be released as long-term plans,” the minister said.
teams will be deployed
Under the open burning campaign, 500 teams of 10 departments will be deployed for monitoring and prevention of open fire incidents and reports will be sent to the environment department regularly.
Regarding fire at landfill sites, the minister said that on April 21, a high level meeting will be held with experts from the concerned departments including DPCC, municipal corporations, IIT Delhi, environment department and others to resolve the fire incidents .
Mr. Rai said, “An anti-road dust campaign will also run for a month from April 15. Under this campaign, 78 mechanical road sweeping machines and 587 water sprinkler machines will be used for sprinkling and cleaning the roads of Delhi. Its report will also be given by the Environment Department and all other related departments.
green cover
The Public Works Department (PWD) has been directed to constitute a special task force to deal with the increase in roadside greenery. “This task force will prepare a list of areas where there is no green cover along the road and after completing its report, action will be taken to increase the green cover at the earliest,” he said.
Other areas that are part of the plan include the development of parks and city forests, the replacement of single-use plastics.
Air pollution increases every year during the winter season due to stubble burning and climatic conditions. This further leads to the accumulation of pollutants and other factors. The Winter Action Plan is an emergency plan to fight pollution during these months.
According to the World Air Quality Report 2021 released by Swiss organization IQAir last month, Delhi was found to be the world’s most polluted capital in 2021 for the fourth year in a row.