Increase in AQI levels comes after Centre removed stringent curbs, including a ban on construction work and the entry of polluting trucks in Delhi following drop in pollution levels.
Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai claims firecrackers burnt in Delhi were sourced from UP & Haryana, and that certain individuals permitted transportation of those crackers to city.
People were seen bursting crackers in the National Capital's Hauz Khas, Shahpur Jat, Greater Kailash and Chittaranjan Park, among other areas. 'No action was taken by local administration'.
TV news shows it like it is, newspapers tell it like it is. Together they are fighting for our ‘Right to Breathe’, and have been at it well before Dehi turned ‘sick’.
The Delhi environment minister said the government will submit two major studies conducted to ascertain the effectiveness of the scheme for the perusal of the Supreme Court.
Delhi-NCR AQI declined over the past week due to a gradual drop in temperatures, calm winds that trap pollution, and a surge in post-harvest paddy straw burning across Punjab and Haryana.
In a letter to Union minister Bhupender Yadav, Delhi environment minister Gopal Rai also seeks meeting of counterparts from UP, Haryana, Rajasthan & Punjab to discuss worsening air quality.
Air India’s new policy, effective from 2 May, introduces new weight limits for tickets in each of the different 'fare families' — Comfort, Comfort Plus, and Flex.
A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.
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