Delhi Home Minister Ashish Sood on Friday slammed former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal over the city's pollution crisis, alleging in a press conference that the Aam Aadmi Party has treated Delhi's pollution as a PR activity to consolidate its political foothold.
Gurugram (Haryana) [India], November 10: Amidst the rising pollution levels, the ban on non-essential construction activities, and the anticipated return of the odd-even scheme in the city comes a breath of fresh air.
"The decision to implement the odd-even scheme will be made only after the Supreme Court reviews its effectiveness and issues an order," Gopal Rai said, adding that the matter will be heard on Friday.
"The much-publicized odd-even scheme to fight air pollution post-Diwali that was announced by the AAP Government yesterday is nothing but an attempt to mislead people and courts to divert attention from the ongoing severe crisis in the capital caused by air pollution," the statement said.
A bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Sudhanshu Dhulia made the local State House Officer, under the overall supervision of the Chief Secretary and the Director General of Police, responsible for preventing crop burning.
After the Supreme Court said that schemes like odd-even for vehicles to tackle pollution issues are mere optics, Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai said that the government will incorporate the orders of the Supreme Court in the detailed planning.
Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai and Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot chaired a meeting on Tuesday to chalk out a plan for implementing the Odd-Even scheme in the national capital at Delhi Secretariat.
Gurugram (Haryana) [India], November 18 (ANI): Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has said that the state government is planning to implement the odd-even scheme for vehicles to reduce pollution.
New Delhi [India], November 17 (ANI): Delhi Transport Minister Kailash Gehlot on Wednesday urged people to use public transport to help control the deteriorating air pollution level in the national capital and the surrounding regions and said that the government is hiring 1,000 private buses
New Delhi [India], October 20 (ANI): Implementing the Odd/Even scheme in the national capital would be the last resort, and would be mulled if all other measures to control air pollution fails, said Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai.
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], May 31 (ANI): In pursuance of the guidelines issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) for Unlock 1, Gujarat Chief Ministry Vijay Rupani said that all shops, without the odd-even scheme, will be allowed to open till 7 pm in the state.