RWA federation for special ‘pollution control’ fund
NEW DELHI: A resident welfare association federation of Delhi has written to finance minister Arun Jaitley, requesting for a special fund for Delhi “to save it from the clutches of Pollution”, in this year’s Union Budget.
“Delhi needs a specific, separate and a special pollution control budget this time to convert it into a green city,” the email to the minister, sent by BS Vohra, president of the East Delhi Resident Welfare Association Joint Front, says.
The email cites a WHO report, which says that over 30,000 persons are killed every year due to pollution in Delhi and NCR.
“Sir, those empowered in Delhi are busy in the blame game and you are the only hope... Delhi needs your special attention, a special fund, to save it from the clutches of pollution. Delhi needs a specific, separate and a special pollution control budget this time, to convert it into a green city.
“It requires money to decongest the roads, to remove the encroachments, to improve and develop new parking lots, to make a check on the number of polluting vehicles, to install latest air quality monitoring systems, to install modern traffic lighting, to manage the landfill sites, to remove the potholes, to mechanically clean the roads, to stop waterlogging, to clean the Yamuna...,” Vohra says.
The city of about 20 million people has been struggling to clean up its air that contains a toxic cocktail of dust, smoke and gases from vehicle and factory exhausts. The condition worsens every autumn and winter as the city, buffeted by farmers burning crop stalks in neighbouring states and atmospheric changes, records higher levels of air pollution.
The top sources of the foul air quality of the city are vehicular pollution, burning of crop residues, fly ash from ready-mix concrete batching plants and dust from construction sites, and burning of municipal waste.
The Union environment ministry has announced plans to make sure that as part of a clean air campaign in February, every constituency in Delhi will have a team spreading awareness about air pollution in the city, stopping violations and catching violators.
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celebrated Annual Day-adwitya - Bhagat Singh- A Legendary Icon. The occasion became auspicious with the presence of Ved Prakash Mishra, Joint Commissioner, Income Tax Department and Sanuranjan Jha, renowned TV Journalist. The school management and parents also added grace with their presence. School Magazine – ‘Reflections’ was also inaugurated. “Bhagat Singh- A legendary Icon was an attempt to sensitize the students about the sacrifice made by the selfless revolutionaries, which managed to touch many hearts. “In the age where we are fighting the enemy within us, we want our students to practice tolerance and acceptance”, said the Principal Dr. Ragini Kaul.
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