Delhi News Live Updates: V K Saxena has advised road-owning agencies, chiefly MCD and PWD, to cleanable particulate from roads, debar letting it settle, and transport it to designated dumping sites. (File/ representational)
Delhi News Live Updates (September 24): Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena has instructed authorities to initiate a ‘Dust-free Delhi’ thrust wrong 7-10 days to combat aerial contamination up of the wintertime season. Key agencies, including the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, the Public Works Department, and the Delhi Jal Board, person been tasked with addressing roadworthy dust, a large contributor to aerial pollution, peculiarly owed to dried-up mud and silt pursuing a deficiency of rainfall. MCD, IFCD and DJB are required to coordinate and determination retired the silt oregon mud for disposal.
As the smog play approaches, Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, P K Mishra, besides chaired a high-level task unit gathering astatine the Prime Minister’s Office to measure readiness to tackle aerial contamination successful the nationalist capital. This progressive a reappraisal and valuation of efforts to tackle contamination from paddy stubble burning, vehicular emissions, operation and roadworthy dust, coagulated discarded and diesel generators.
Weather successful Delhi today: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has reported that the metropolis is expected to acquisition partially cloudy entity passim the day. Temperatures are expected to scope betwixt a maximum of 37°C and a minimum of 26°C connected Tuesday.
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