New Delhi, Oct 20 (PTI) The “soiled politics” of the BJP is answerable for rising air and water air pollution in Delhi, Chief Minister Atishi mentioned on Sunday blaming BJP-ruled Uttar Pradesh and Haryana for the state of affairs.
The BJP hit again, saying the “immaturity and incompetence” of the AAP authorities have triggered “extreme” air and water air pollution in Delhi.
The air high quality within the nationwide capital has began deteriorating with the onset of winter whereas thick layers of poisonous chemical froth are masking the Yamuna River floor at varied locations, particularly Kalindikunj.
With the BJP making an attempt to nook AAP on the failure to verify air pollution, Atishi gave a clear chit to AAP-ruled Punjab and blamed ‘parali’ (paddy stubble) burning, diesel buses and brick kilns in BJP-ruled Haryana for the poor air high quality in Delhi.
She additionally alleged that hundreds of diesel buses from UP that attain the Kaushambi bus depot on the Delhi- Ghaziabad border, brick kilns in NCR and thermal crops within the area additionally contributed to air air pollution in Delhi.
Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdev alleged that the AAP leaders defending their authorities in Punjab on stubble burning have changed into “enemies” of Delhi residents.
“Till 2021, AAP leaders together with Kejriwal used to allege that stubble burning in Punjab turned Delhi right into a gasoline chamber. Now, they’re shifting the blame to Uttar Pradesh and Haryana as a result of their occasion guidelines Punjab,” he mentioned.
However the Delhi chief minister mentioned the froth showing on Yamuna in Delhi was due to untreated industrial wastewater launched into the river, the BJP chief mentioned in a press release, Haryana releases 165 million gallons per day (MGD) of commercial untreated wastewater via Badshahpur, Mungeshpur and different drains into Yamuna, whereas 65 MGD of such polluted water is discharged by UP via varied drains into the river, she mentioned.
“The soiled politics of the BJP is answerable for rising air and water air pollution in Delhi however AAP led by Arvind Kejriwal is dedicated to serving to individuals of the town,” she mentioned.
In a press convention, Atishi claimed the central authorities information confirmed Punjab decreased farm fires from 71,300 in 2021 to 36,600 in 2023.
“Even this 12 months, the Indian Agricultural Analysis Institute information present that there was a 27 per cent lower in parali burning in Punjab between October 1 and 15, from 1105 in 2023 to 811,” she claimed.
In the meantime, farm fires this 12 months elevated from 341 to 417 in Haryana, whereas in UP the quantity went up from 244 to 417, between October 1 and 15, as in comparison with the final 12 months, she mentioned.
“This clearly reveals the soiled politics of the BJP. If the Punjab authorities can scale back parali burning, why cannot the BJP governments in Haryana and UP do it?” she requested.
Atishi mentioned the usage of silicone-based defoamers will begin from Sunday evening to subside the froth layer on Yamuna’s floor.
Sachdeva alleged that the leaders of the ruling AAP who’ve been inactive for 10 years at the moment are panicking forward of the Delhi Meeting polls due to worsening air high quality and heavy air pollution in Yamuna.
Clear Yamuna water enters Delhi via Haryana’s Palla village and exits through Uttar Pradesh on the southern fringe of the town the place it turns into polluted, Sachdeva mentioned.
He mentioned the AAP leaders had been making “baseless” claims about industrial waste from Haryana and UP polluting the river as no drain from both state is discharged into the Delhi part of Yamuna.
Earlier, BJP nationwide spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla criticised the Aam Aadmi Get together for blaming Haryana and UP for the air pollution and mentioned AAP’s “toxic politics” was answerable for the “poison” within the air and within the river.
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