New Delhi: Minister of Environment Delhi Gopal Rai on Thursday kicked a campaign for a month against the burning of waste and open biomass with Ghazipur landfill inspection, and directed EDMC officials to prepare fire control plans.
The government will review the reasons behind the “slow rate” biomining wastewater inheritance in Ghazipur landfill, said the Minister, added that only five percent of it had been processed in two and a half years.
“We have launched a campaign to prevent burning of waste and biomass open to reduce pollution produced in Delhi.
Ten departments – DPCC, City Companies, Revenue Department, Delhi Development Authority, Development Department, DSIIDC Cantonese Board, DSIIDC, I & FC – Involved in Campaign, “Rai told reporters here.
The minister said 550 patrol teams had been formed, where 246 will be deployed at night.
The second phase of the anti-dust campaign will be run from November 12 to December 12, he said.
Rai said he had directed officials of Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) officials to prepare plans to control the fire at Ghazipur landfill which “continued to burn for days and polluted the air”.
He said according to a recent report by the Delhi pollution control committee, only five percent of the inheritance waste in Ghazipur landfill had been processed in two and a half years.
“It seems difficult to complete the task at this level.
They say it will take 13 years.
The progress is very bad.
Edmc needs to prepare the right action plan …
The city government will also review the reasons behind the delay.” Rai said.
On Thursday, the thick layer was enveloped Delhi-NCR and partially threw the sun at Chhath Puja because the air quality fell back to the ‘severe’ zone, with unfavorable meteorological conditions helping the accumulation of pollutants, the authorities said.
The Green Think Tank Center for Science and the Environment (CSE) said that the ongoing Smog episode was the emergency of public health.
“This requires an emergency measures that urge the main combustion sources (vehicles, industries, waste burning) and dust sources (construction and road) to prevent further pollution traps when there is no wind to blow this,” said Anumita Roychowdhury, executive director, research and advocacy, CSE.
At 2pm, Delhi recorded the air quality index (AQI) of 407.
Thirty-three of the 39 air quality monitoring stations in the national capital recorded air pollution levels in the ‘severe’ category.
Aqi on average 24 hours is 372 on Wednesday.
Ghaziabad (455), Greater Noida (407) and Noida (429) also recorded severe air quality at 10 am.
Aqi between zero and 50 is considered “good”, 51 and 100 “satisfying”, 101 and 200 “moderate”, 201 and 300 “poor”, 301 and 400 “very poor”, and 401 and 500 “severe”.
An official from the Indian Meteorology Department said shallow fog and low temperature – Delhi recorded a minimum of 12.6 degrees Celsius season – in the morning trapped with pollutants close to stagnant conditions.
The visibility rate at Indira Gandhi International Airport and Safdarjung Airport fell to 600-800 meters, he said.
CSE said the severe smog episode at this time in Delhi-NCR was estimated to last two more days.