The Chief Minister informed that a strong rapid response system has been developed under the SOP, enabling citizens to register complaints through a toll-free helpline, an online portal, and offline modes.
The Delhi government plans to combine transport reforms, ecological restoration and urban management measures such as road greening and misting systems to address the capital’s worsening air quality.
Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta discusses electric mobility plans, women’s safety initiatives, healthcare upgrades and the challenges of managing pollution and rapid population growth in the national capital.
Apart from several other suggestions, the expert panel drawn from top-notch think tanks, suggested congestion pricing to be introduced in Delhi to mitigate pollution and vehicular congestion at the same time.
The CAQM, in view of the forecasts for meteorological conditions and air quality index made available by Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) and the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), respectively, has taken a call on the preventive, restrictive measures under stage II of GRAP, invoked in the entire NCR on October 19 last year.
The national capital woke up to a blanket of toxic smog on Saturday morning, with the average Air Quality Index (AQI) hitting 333 at 7 am in the "very poor" category, according to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).
Climate Trends’ air-pollution and health expert Dr. Palak Balyan warns that air pollution is “a pandemic as severe as COVID at its peak,” adding that if cities like Beijing and London could reverse extreme air pollution, Delhi too has hope and can improve its air quality.
The meeting, attended by Urban Development Minister Ashish Sood, Chief Secretary Rajiv Verma, and senior officials of multiple agencies, underscored that no lapse in pollution-control efforts would be tolerated.
Each winter, as a dense grey veil settles over Delhi, the familiar rituals begin.
At 4 pm on Monday, the 24-hour rolling average air quality index (AQI) for Delhi stood at 304, according to data from the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).
