February 19, 2021
The CPCB had monitored several pollutants
Green court tells city govt to find solutions. The matter was listed for next
hearing on November 16.In a letter to school principals, deputy chief minister
Manish Sisodia apprised them of the "manifold increase" in pollution levels due
to use of crackers, advising them to raise awareness among children against its
use.In an attempt to curb air pollution in the capital, the National Green
Tribunal has directed the state government to conduct a meeting to come up with
a solution...30 pm, as against the corresponding safe limits of 60 and
100.Safar's Dhirpur, Pitampura, Delhi University, Pusa road, Mathura road and
Airport stations had "very poor" air quality index.The order came after Central
Pollution Control Board (CPCB) said that there was no improvement in the air
quality in Delhi during the second week of the odd-even scheme in April.
The
chief secretary of NCT, Delhi shall conduct a meeting in relation to ambient air
quality in Delhi," the bench said.5 and PM 10, suspended respirable pollutants,
were recorded as 120.."The counsel appearing for CPCB on instructions says there
has been no improvement in ambient air quality of Delhi during implementation of
odd-even scheme.In his petition, Mr Pandey had claimed that no significant
change in air quality was registered during the first phase of the scheme.
Earlier, the apex pollution monitoring body had told NGT that the decline in
vehicular emission in the second week of odd-even scheme was not a dominant
enough factor to impact the pollution levels.The average (24-hour rolling) of PM
2.. Even last week, air quality fluctuated between moderate and poor categories.
The direction to hold such a meeting soon was given by a bench headed by NGT
chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar to the Delhi chief secretary, Delhi
Pollution Control Committee and other stakeholders.Meanwhile, Delhi’s air
quality on Tuesday took a turn for the crane
cooling unit worse with monitoring stations across the city recording it in
the "very poor" category. In fact, as per its report, the ambient air quality in
Delhi during the odd-even implementation period was found to have deteriorated
further than the level when the restriction was not in force, it said.
The CPCB
had monitored several pollutants between April 1-14 before the odd-even period
and between April 15 and 30 during it, to arrive at the conclusion. The
direction comes after the bench of the National Green Tribunal was informed that
the odd-even road space-rationing scheme did not make an impact on the air
quality of the capital. The NGT was hearing a petition filed by scientist
Mahendra Pandey who had sought independent monitoring of air quality index and
alleged that vehicular emission was not a major contributing factor to
pollution.8 and 248 micrograms per cubic metre by System of Air Quality and
Weather Forecasting and Research (Safar) around 5
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