Delhi minister Gopal Rai holds meeting on measures to curb dust pollution
Oct 09, 2024
New Delhi [India], October 9 : Delhi's environment minister Gopal Rai held a meeting with government and private construction agencies on Wednesday at Delhi Secretariat to talk about curbing dust pollution.
The Delhi government kicked off their anti-dust campaign on October 7.
"Delhi government is working on a multifold winter action plan. Anti-dust campaign began in Delhi on October 7. On October 7, we went for an inspection and saw that many agencies were not following the rules. They were penalised. There are 120 construction sites in Delhi. Representatives of all of them were called in for a meeting today. They have been given training," he told ANI.
After the meeting, the minister said that for the upcoming Delhi elections, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is preparing for all seventy seats in the assembly and is confident in defeating the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) once again.
"The Haryana results are in front of everyone. Before there were talks of an alliance, there no alliance was formed. Everyone can see the results in front of them. For the Delhi assembly election, Aam Aadmi Party is ready to contest all seventy seats. We are preparing with full fervour on the ground, for campaigning, for alliance formation. Just like how we defeated Bharatiya Janata party before for their ignorance, this time also we will defeat them and make the government," he told ANI.
Speaking further on the measures to curb dust pollution, he said, "all the construction work being done in Delhi, whether it is private or government, all agencies' representatives were given the do's and don't, proper training, a toolkit and they were given instructions that they should go on the ground and give training to the workers on the site too. Along with that, the ten agencies who have worked exceptionally to curb dust pollution, we have given them an award to recognise their efforts."
Delhi's multifold winter-action plan is meant to address pollution in the national capital. The national capital's government has also launched a 'Green Delhi' app, started spraying bio-decomposer on the farms of Delhi along with the 'anti-dust' campaign. In the coming days, the government plans to announce initiatives to curb vehicle pollution, bio-mass.
