Politics over pollution continued in the national capital where the share of stubble burning PM2.5 pollution rose to 32% on Wednesday, the highest this year so far. This comes amid raging farm fires in Punjab and favourable conditions for transport of emissions to Delhi-NCR. The Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) reported 3,634 farm fires in Punjab on Wednesday, the highest this year so far. It is also a steep rise from 1,842 on Tuesday, and 2,131 on Monday.
The news instantly triggered a blame game over who is responsible with Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav pointing fingers at the AAP government both in Delhi and Punjab. He tweeted on Wednesday blaming the Aam Aadmi Party for turning Delhi into a “gas chamber”.
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal responded saying that air pollution is a problem of entire north India and not just Delhi-Punjab, adding that there is politics going on over the matter and no one is providing any solution.
Here are top LIVE updates of politics over Delhi pollution:
Delhi reels under ?severe? air quality; current AQI at 418There are many policies, but no implementation. Asthmatic patients face many issues. We should hold ourselves accountable, along with the politicians. People are suffering due to stubble burning, too, say locals pic.twitter.com/9CpwXyGdV5
— ANI (@ANI) November 3, 2022
- Delhi Air Pollution Report: Vehicular emission contributed half of PM 2.5 pollution from local sources in Delhi during the Diwali week between October 21 and October 26, according to the latest assessment by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE).It said that when pollution concentrations from all sources ? local, NCR and beyond ? are added, Delhi?s vehicles account for nearly 17 per cent of total PM2.5 concentration. But, according to CSE?s indicative data, vehicles? daily share of pollution varied between 49.3 per cent and 53 per cent during the week of Diwali.
- CNN-News18 Exclusive: Punjab Agriculture Minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal on Stubble burning?Punjab Farm fires not the only reason for pollution in Delhi. Haryana is equally responsible for Delhi NCR AQI as burning stubble happens there as well. BJP is hiding facts & numbers of Fire incidents in Haryana. We have proposed Centre to give compensation to Farmers for stopping farmers from stubble burning, but Centre didn?t keep its promise & declined the proposal.?
- Air quality continues to dip in Delhi-NCR: Air Quality Index (AQI) presently at 393 in Noida (UP) in ?Very Poor? category,318 in Gurugram (Haryana) in ?Very Poor? category& 333 near Delhi Airport T3 in ?Very Poor? category
?We didn?t start the fire,? but #Delhi still suffocates, with 737 AQI@nikhil_lakhwani with the report | Join the broadcast with @shilparathnam pic.twitter.com/95qLvkl6V1— News18 (@CNNnews18) November 3, 2022
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