Delhi’s service minister and AAP leader Atishi said – no policy to reduce pollution can be drafted without data about its sources

New Delhi (ANI): Delhi Services Minister and AAP leader Atishi said the government cannot draft policies to reduce pollution as there is no official data available to show which sources contribute how much to pollution. Are. Services Minister Atishi said: “There is no official data available that can tell which source produces what amount of pollution. The problem is that no policy can be formulated to reduce this pollution when the government does not know the amount of contribution from a particular source of pollution.”
“To address the lack of data on pollution sources, the Delhi Cabinet in July 2021 decided to conduct a real-time source distribution study in Delhi. This is the first such study to be conducted in India and perhaps the world. The study is led by IIT Kanpur in collaboration with TERI and IISER. The study uses world-class scientific instruments to measure pollution in central Delhi, and also uses advanced chemical and mathematical modeling at specified sites. Some interesting ideas emerged and were presented to the government,” he added.

And an entire site was designed which is located in the center of Delhi which housed 13 world class scientific instruments that would measure the pollution and secondly the study was designed with advanced chemical modeling as well as advanced mathematical models. The results of this study have so far presented many interesting things to the government.
Earlier, Delhi Chief Minister Saurabh Bhardwaj on Wednesday said that instead of blaming Delhi, the central government needs to meet the states to make a long-term plan to curb pollution in North India.

Speaking to ANI, Bhardwaj said, “I think pollution is the problem of entire North India. “Sometimes pollution is highest in Uttar Pradesh, sometimes a city in Haryana is ranked No. 1 and sometimes, a city in Rajasthan is ranked No. 1 in the world.” For this, all the states and the Center will have to work together.”
He further said that blaming Delhi for pollution is petty politics as the Union Territory is very small in size compared to other neighboring states.
As part of various measures taken by the Delhi government to tackle pollution under the GRAP-II phase, Delhi Metro Railway Corporation will introduce 40 additional trains on weekdays (Monday to Friday) on its network from Wednesday to speed up the use of public transport. Will run train journeys. Among passengers in Delhi-NCR.
Accordingly, the Sub-Committee for Operationalization of Graduated Response Action Plan (GRAP) of Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) in NCR and Adjoining Areas to assess the air quality scenario in Delhi-NCR met today.

The statement further said that in addition to the tasks assigned to the agencies responsible for implementing the measures under GRAP, including the Pollution Control Boards (PCBs) of the NCR and DPCC states, to ensure successful and strict implementation of the tasks under Phase II of GRAP, Has been directed to. Under Phase I of GRAP during this period.
The Subcommittee also urged citizens to adhere to the Citizens’ Charter under GRAP and assist in the effective implementation of GRAP measures aimed at maintaining and improving air quality in the area.