Delhi Air Air pollution: Amid the disaster over extreme air air pollution within the nationwide capital and the adjoining states, the blame recreation between the ruling Aam Aadmi Get together in Delhi and the Bharatiya Janata Get together continued on Monday over the problem of stubble burning. Each events are holding stubble burning in states dominated by the opposite as a explanation for the well being scare within the nationwide capital.
Talking at a press convention, AAP chief spokesperson Priyanka Kakkar alleged that paddy stubble (parali) burning in Haryana was liable for air air pollution in Delhi and BJP authorities within the state did nothing to stop farm fires, as reported by the information company PTI. Responding to the claims made by AAP, Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva mentioned there have been over 3,000 stubble burning incidents in AAP-ruled Punjab on Sunday whereas Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was busy with “political tourism” in poll- sure states.
“Kejriwal has turned Delhi into the town of smoke. There have been 3,230 incidents of parali burning in Punjab on Sunday alone however Kejriwal has saved mum over it as a result of his celebration guidelines within the state,” Sachdeva charged, as quoted by PTI. The Delhi BJP chief referred to as for quick steps to fight the disaster and mentioned that individuals are choking as a result of air air pollution in Delhi however Kejriwal’s precedence is “political tourism”.
Sachdeva additional alleged that broken roads, mud and farm fires in Punjab have been the main elements behind the excessive stage of air air pollution within the metropolis. Alternatively, Kakkar claimed that stubble burning in Haryana’s Sonipat, Panipat, Rohtak was resulting in smoke that was reaching the nationwide capital however the Khattar authorities was doing nothing to examine it.
“In Haryana, parali is burning at 100 km away from Delhi whereas stubble is being burnt in Punjab 500 km away from the nationwide capital,” she mentioned, as quoted by PTI. She charged that Haryana didn’t do something regardless of getting fund from the Centre to stop burning of paddy straw, whereas Punjab even with out getting funds decreased stubble burning by 50-67 per cent as in comparison with final 12 months.
She additionally acknowledged that BS III and BS IV buses, industrial items and use of diesel mills as a result of lengthy energy cuts in Haryana have been additionally among the many causes of air pollution in Delhi.
Delhi BJP secretary Harish Khurana on Monday mentioned that farm fires in Punjab was the primary motive behind the worsened air high quality in Delhi in final 8 days. “There have been 17,000 incidents of parali burning in Punjab in final one month out of which 13,000 have been reported in final 8 days alone. On Sunday alone, there have been 3,230 farm fires in Punjab, whereas in Haryana there have been solely 150 incidents of stubble burning the identical day,” Khurana claimed, as quoted by PTI.
The capital has been witnessing hazardous ranges of air pollution with AQI fluctuating between ‘Very Poor’ and ‘Extreme Plus’ because the Centre’s GRAP-IV kicked in as measures are in place to cut back the air air pollution within the metropolis. Delhi’s AQI on Monday was 411.
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