Chhath Puja preparations underway astatine ITO Ghat connected Friday. (Express Photo by Amit Mehra)
Even arsenic Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai thanked residents who gave firecrackers a miss connected Diwali this twelvemonth for comparatively little contamination a time aft the festival, the BJP Friday said the aerial prime scale (AQI) shows that the AAP government’s “conspiracy to defame the Sanatan contented of lighting firecrackers connected Diwali successful the sanction of pollution” had failed again.
The city’s AQI levels had breached the 350-mark 4 days ago, with forecasts to the effect that this was expected to spell beyond 400 the time aft Diwali owed to contamination caused by firecrackers. “But I privation to convey the radical of Delhi. Due to their efforts, AQI has stabilised astatine 360. Pollution levels person remained beneath the terrible category, for which I congratulate them,” Rai said.
“Some radical burst firecrackers; I privation to petition them, conscionable similar the full Delhi is engaged successful observing festivities alongside redeeming people’s lives, if you, too, had cooperated, the level of contamination would person been lower,” helium added.
He further appealed to BJP-ruled states neighbouring Delhi to enforce an progressive prohibition connected the usage of firecrackers.
Countering Rai, Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva said Delhi residents woke up to aerial prime “better than usual”. “The information is particulate from regular vehicular postulation connected Delhi’s breached roads has a acold greater interaction than the firecrackers lit connected a azygous night… we request Arvind Kejriwal, Atishi and Gopal Rai admit that they were defaming the Sanatan contented of firecrackers and apologise to the Sanatan community,” helium added.
South Delhi BJP MP Ramvir Singh Bidhuri blamed some the AAP authorities and MCD. “The breached footpaths besides origin particulate pollution… the AAP-led MCD is not cleaning roads…,” helium said, besides alleging that the AAP authorities has not been capable to cheque unfastened discarded burning