Showing zero tolerance for air pollution, Environment Minister Gopal Rai Tuesday instructed Delhi police and SDMs to be vigilant 24 *7 to curb pollution caused by firecrackers. Delhi Police seized 12,957 kg of crackers while 32 people have been booked under the anti-cracker campaign.
It is pivotal to mention here that Delhi’s AQI slipped to a very poor category.
“I urge you to celebrate Diwali by lighting diyas. Diwali is celebrated with diyas and pollution is spread by firecrackers. We have to celebrate Diwali with great enthusiasm, but with the same responsibility we have to stop pollution. This pollution can be stopped only when every citizen of Delhi will contribute towards saving the environment by becoming a pollution warrior. Only then can we rid the trouble that the people of Delhi face while breathing and we make this Diwali better than ever before,” Rai said.
Rai, appealed to the masses to celebrate the festival by embracing tradition and eliminating pollution. “A special vigilance campaign would be run in the border area of Delhi so that illegally, there is no purchase, sale, movement, and storage of firecrackers anywhere. In this context, instructions have been issued to Delhi Police and SDM on behalf of DPCC today,” Rai said.
The Delhi Government started the ‘Patakhe Nahi, Diye Jalao’ campaign on October 27.
Various campaigns are being run under the city administration like - 'Yuddh, Pradushan Ke Virrudh’, the ‘Red Light On, Gaadi Off’.