New Delhi: The Supreme Court asked the Delhi government on Saturday about the steps taken by him to control air pollution in the national capital and try to find out whether the tower absorbs him.
“The Delhi government has said it has installed a smoke tower.
Do this work?” A bench headed by Judge N V Ramana asked Senior Advocate Rahul Mehra, who appeared in court on behalf of the city government.
Mehra told the bench that the Smog Tower worked.
“Aqi is 84 on September 30 and has now become 474.
We have increased to 390 points.
It’s like smoking 20 cigarettes a day even if you are a non-smoker.
While this court will look at various other factors, it might burn the stump.
If the pusle people can see it …
“, he told the bench, it also consisted of Judge Dy Chandrachud and Surya Kant.
Mehra said he would record a detailed written statement about the steps taken by the AAM AADMI Party (AAP).
However, the top court said, “Written statements and arguments are okay but people want air pollution must be reduced.” It is also said to have become a fashion to blame farmers for air pollution.
The APEX court heard the request submitted by Environmental Activists Aditya Dubey and Banka Safe Law Students, who are looking for instructions for providing stump removal machines to small farmers and marginal for free.
The Chairman of Delhi Minister Arvind Kelamwal recently inaugurated “the first smog tower in the country” in Connaught Place and said it would be proven to be a milestone and many such structures can be installed in the city if the pilot project produced results.
He said the concentration of PM2.5 was reduced from 150 micrograms per cubic meter to 100 micrograms per cubic meter and PM10 of 300 micrograms per cubic meter to 150 micrograms in the national capital since 2014 due to the efforts made in recent years.
PM2.5 refers to fine particles that penetrate deep into the body and trigger inflammation in the lungs and respiratory tract, which leads to cardiovascular risk and respiratory problems, including a weak immune system.
“This is the first smoke tower like that in this country.
This is a new technology.
We have imported it from the US.
The structure will suck the air polluted from above and release the clean air from below.
This will purify 1,000 cubic meters of the air per second,” said Kejriwal told reporters.
Does your Smog Tower work? SC asked Delhi Govt
