Delhi govt starts ‘Green War Room’. Know what it is…

Delhi government in the recent move has created a centre to monitor air pollution and solve complaints. Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Tuesday informed that ‘Green War Room’, started round-the-clock operations with an increased staff.

According to him, the ‘Green War Room’ will not only help the national capital curb the spikes in air pollution but will also help to check the spike in neighbouring states, specially during winter.

Rai said, “To give a more hands-on approach and enable 24×7 monitoring of our efforts, we are starting the Green War Room from today. A total of 17 members will be working in the war room. The team will work on the basis of complaints received on the Green Delhi mobile application.”

In addition to this, the state government will also start an anti-dust campaign from October 5.

While speaking at the press briefing, Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai says, “Our first plan is to control pollution in Delhi. The second thing that is part of our winter action plan is coordinating with the states where stubble burning happens. Punjab has also prepared this time. According to reports, there will be less stubble burning in Punjab”.

Earlier in a press conference on September 29, Arvind Kejriwal said “We have identified thirteen hotspots where pollution is high and an action plan has been made for each hotspot and a war room has been made too. Thirteen special teams have been also formed. Last year we used bio-decomposer to control stubble burning in 4400 acres, this year it will be used in 5 thousand acres.”

Adding to this, Delhi CM further said that to control vehicle pollution, 385 teams will keep an eye on old vehicles while 530 water sprinkling vehicles have been installed and 258 anti-smog guns will operate on the roads during winter.

“There will be a ban on firecrackers in the city. To increase the green cover, a total of one crore new saplings will be planted, out of which 52 lakh will be planted by the Delhi government,” Kejriwal added.