The Delhi government is all set to fight from pollution this winter season!
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal announced a 15-point Winter Action Plan and said that the plan will serve as a blueprint for the Delhi government to fight pollution this winter season.
Kejriwal also appealed to the neighboring states to direct industries to switch to PNG and provide 24x7 electricity in the National Capital Region.
"The Delhi government’s tireless efforts have started bearing fruit. PM10 levels in 2021-22 was down by 18.6% compared to 2017-18.
We have reduced pollution by supplying electricity, shutting down thermal plants, inspecting construction sites regularly, getting industries to switch to PNG, increasing green cover, bringing a policy on electric vehicles, adding electric and CNG buses to the public transport fleet and developing smog towers too.
I am fully optimistic that we will win the fight against pollution with the cooperation of the people," said CM Kejriwal.
Kejriwal credited the Delhi government with tackling the issue of stubble burning. The PUSA institute has developed a bio-decomposer in liquid form, which the Delhi government is distributing to farmers at no cost.
The farmers spray the bio-decomposer on the stem of the crop after obtaining the harvest and the stem decomposes, thereby cutting down the need for stubble burning.
"We sprayed bio-decomposer over 4,000 acres of agricultural land in the year 2021. This year, we will spray over 5,000 acres of land," said Delhi CM.
The Brief. Sign up to receive the top stories you need to know right now.