Atishi clean chit for Punjab, blames Haryana, UP

Addressing the media on with erstwhile h2o and PWD curate Satyendar Jain, Atishi said, “Delhi is seeing a spike successful some aerial and h2o contamination successful the past fewer days… Today, I privation to archer each Delhiites that the existent crushed for the summation successful aerial and h2o contamination is the soiled authorities of BJP.”

She, however, added, “Everyone knows that stubble burning is 1 of the important reasons for contamination successful Delhi and AAP successful Punjab is moving hard for the past 2 years to trim the incidents of stubble burning.”

“The figures of the Union authorities amusement that earlier the enactment of the AAP authorities successful Punjab, 71,300 incidents of stubble burning were reported successful 2021. But owed to the incessant efforts of the AAP government, the cases were reduced by 50% successful 2 years and past year, lone 36,600 incidents were reported,” Atishi said.

She added that Indian Agricultural Research Institute presents information connected stubble burning cases each day. “These figures amusement that from October 1 to 15, 2023, 1,123 incidents of workplace occurrence were reported successful Punjab, which has decreased by 27% to 811 this year.”

“On the different hand, if we look astatine the figures of BJP-ruled Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, workplace fires this twelvemonth accrued from 341 to 417 successful Haryana, portion successful UP the fig went up from 244 to 417, betwixt October 1 and 15, arsenic compared to the past year,” she said.

“This intelligibly shows the soiled authorities of the BJP. If the Punjab authorities tin trim parali burning, wherefore can’t the BJP governments successful Haryana and UP bash it?” Atishi asked.

With Anand Vihar being the astir polluted country successful the Capital successful presumption of aerial quality, Atishi, on with Environment Minister Gopal Rai, inspected Anand Vihar autobus terminal and surrounding areas connected Sunday. Anand Vihar, which connected Saturday had recorded terrible Air Quality Index (AQI) astatine 457, reported precise mediocre AQI of 374 astatine 4 p.m. connected Sunday.

Maintaining that portion lone electrical and CNG buses ply to and from the Anand Vihar ISBT successful Delhi, Atishi alleged that thousands of diesel buses from UP scope the Kaushambi autobus depot connected the Delhi-Ghaziabad border. Further, 3,800 ceramic kilns and 9 thermal powerfulness plants successful NCR cities of Haryana and UP besides contributed to aerial contamination successful Delhi, she added.

She alleged that the froth appearing connected Yamuna was due to the fact that of untreated concern wastewater released successful Yamuna. Haryana releases 165 cardinal gallons per time (MGD) concern untreated wastewater done Badshahpur, Mungeshpur and different drains into Yamuna, portion UP releases 55 MGD of polluted h2o done Sahibabad and Indrapuri drains. Atishi said the usage of silicone-based defoamers volition commencement from Sunday nighttime to subside the froth furniture connected Yamuna’s surface.

Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva described Atishi’s claims arsenic baseless. “Till 2021, Kejriwal and AAP leaders consistently blamed Punjab’s stubble burning for turning Delhi into a state chamber. Now, they are shifting the blasted for aerial contamination to Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, and Rajasthan… (Atishi) Marlena should halt the blasted crippled and repair the breached roadworthy and installs plants to curb particulate contamination instead.”