Bharadwaj while addressing a press conference said that for the past year, the scheme has not worked. "Under this scheme, private hospitals are instructed to treat the patients coming after an accident. Since its launch in 2018, nearly 23,000 people have been treated under this scheme.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday wrote a letter to Delhi's Home Minister Kailash Gahlot asking him to appoint civil defence volunteers as home guards and depute them as marshals in public transport buses.
After the Haryana government claimed that there is more stubble burning in Punjab than in Haryana, Punjab Minister Bram Shanker Sharma said that the cases of stubble burning has gone down by 50 percent this year.
"Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had earlier announced a 15-point winter action plan to curb the pollution caused by vehicles, biomass burning, dust, etc. Now this winter action plan is being implemented on the ground one by one to reduce the pollution in the national capital," Rai told
"As Delhi chokes, here is AAP in 2020: Stubble-burning in Punjab is causing air pollution in Delhi. Strictest action should be taken against Punjab CM. And 2023: We have no official data; we don't know what causes air pollution in Delhi. Kejriwal's criminal neglect is killing," BJP leader Am
Nigerian High Commissioner to India, Ahmed Sule on Thursday held discussions with Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on the issues of education and health, the CM Office said.
Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Wednesday wrote a letter to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal seeking suspension of the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) chairman accusing him of stalling an IIT Kanpur study to determine pollution sources in the national capital.
In a minor reshuffle, Delhi government minister Atishi was allocated the Water Department in place of minister Saurabh Bharadwaj. Tourism, Art and Culture department will now be looked after by Bharadwaj in place of Atishi.
Amid Delhi's ongoing air quality crisis, New Delhi Municipal Committee (NDMC) Vice Chairman Satish Upadhyay alleged that the Delhi government is deeply involved in corruption and disinterested in carrying out any meaningful work.
In a scathing attack on the BJP, Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor, Arvind Kejriwal, on Sunday said ousting the party from power at the Centre next year would be the "biggest act of patriotism" that would clear all obstacles to the country's progress.