Whereas Delhi witnessed season’s second highest pollution level on Sunday while Delhi Government claimed to have taken many steps to deal with the alarming pollution in the city which has resulted in 10-20 per cent reduction in pollution level.
A senior Government official said that it is observed that air pollution levels are rising again during this extreme cold winters primarily due to adverse climatic conditions but role of local sources cannot be denied.
To address this problem, Chief Secretary, Delhi has created a Whatsapp Group of the officers including top officials and field official to monitor identified hot spots in the city and keep a continuous vigil on violations. Chief Secretaryfurther warned all officers that the responsibility would be fixed, if any laxity is detected on any ones part,” said the senior police official.
The official further said that in order to mitigate air pollution in Delhi, mechanised sweeper were used, roads were sprinkled with water, paving-/greening of unpaved portion of road done at a large scale.