Hitting out at Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over Delhi's rising air pollution, Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Saturday said that BJP creates pollution and understands that only drama can reduce it.
Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai said that a joint meeting was held with the ministers of the central government and the ministers of the state governments to reduce the pollution caused by stubble burning.
In another step to mitigate rising air pollution in the state, Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Friday announced that the Delhi government will monitor hotspots across Delhi through drones, adding that his government is working day and night to control the pollution.
Amidst the rise in Air Quality Index (AQI) levels in the national capital, Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai wrote a letter to the transport ministers of Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, and Rajasthan and requested to halt the entry of diesel buses from these states into the national capital.
Kicking off the campaign at the ITO intersection, the Delhi Environment Minister appealed to drivers to help reduce pollution by turning off their vehicle engines at red light.
Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Friday said that the air quality is deteriorating as winter approaches the national capital. The highest AQI was reported in Wazirpur.
Countering the Bharatiya Janata Party over the air pollution in the national capital, Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Friday said that the opposition has no right to comment on this as the BJP government is sleeping in UP, Haryana, Rajasthan and the centre.
As winter approaches and air quality concerns mount in the national capital, Delhi Chief Minister Atishi convened a high-level meeting with key officials at the Delhi Secretariat to discuss the alarming pollution situation.
Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai announced that Stage I of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) has been implemented in Delhi-NCR to tackle rising air pollution.
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Delhi has launched transformative measures to control increasing air pollution. Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai highlighted the success of these efforts, noting that the city has recorded 200 days of good air quality for the second consecutive year. H
"We have already had a delay of approximately one month in the efforts for cloud seeding in Delhi and considering that Air Quality in Delhi is likely to turn hazardous in the beginning of November, I once again request you to immediately convene meetings with all relevant stakeholders, inclu
Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Monday conducted a surprise inspection of various construction sites at RML Hospital and Lady Hardinge Road under the anti-dust campaign.