The Delhi authorities had recognized 13 air pollution hotspots in its Winter Motion Plan and created particular motion factors to cut back AQI in these areas. Through the years, little has modified and these areas nonetheless stay among the many most polluted within the metropolis. The Indian Specific asks lawmakers — each MPs and MLAs who symbolize these areas —about steps that should be taken and that they’re taking.
Hotspots: Mundka, Badli, Narela, Rohini, Bawana
Yogender Chandolia, BJP’s Northwest Delhi MP
The primary subject in North-west Delhi is damaged roads. PWD used brick residue to fill potholes on the pretext of repairing them. When autos go over them, they trigger mud air pollution. These roads should be repaired correctly to deal with the problem.
Dharampal Lakra, AAP’s Mundka MLA
Identical to its water, which it will get from Haryana or UP, the air in Delhi too will not be it’s personal. Stubble burning, which contributes to air air pollution, happens in Haryana and Punjab towards which the Delhi authorities’s fingers are tied. It’s right here that the Centre must step in and supply incentives to farmers to cease them from stubble burning.
Sharad Chauhan, AAP’s Narela MLA
Causes for air pollution listed here are development materials mendacity unattended and manufacturing unit items bur-ning industrial waste secretly at night time… Effluents from burning waste from Kundli, an industrial space close to my constituency in Haryana, are additionally carried into the air. There must be efficient monitoring and patrolling of such places to cease this.
Vijender Gupta, BJP’s Rohini MLA
Whereas mud is the primary cause for air pollution in Rohini, an unlimited sub-city with open areas, it’s also a border space via which heavy items carriers that must be taking different routes go. Stubble burning in Haryana and Punjab is a seasonal subject, however air pollution is excessive year-round… There must be strict enforcement towards development actions, storage of malba (development waste) at constructing websites, burning of waste, and stopping diesel autos, which go via the world regardless of a prohibition on their entry into the town, at border factors.
Jai Bhagwan, AAP’s Bawana MLA
Whereas there is no such thing as a such specific cause for air pollution from Bawana, we’re making individuals within the space conscious of its results. Furthermore, the Delhi authorities is sprinkling water to regulate the present scenario. I used to be coming via Haryana after I witnessed stubble burning within the fields myself. The Haryana authorities should act on this.
East Delhi
Hotspots: Anand Vihar, Okhla
Harsh Malhotra, BJP’s East Delhi MP
The largest subject is damaged roads and dirt from such roads. Footpaths adjoining to those roads have development waste mendacity within the open, which must be disposed of by MCD. The central verges of roads should be greened. How will one smog tower in Central Delhi have any affect? There must be two such towers in every of the 250 municipal wards; as a substitute of simply round 20 water sprinklers for the entire of Delhi, there must be two per ward.
O P Sharma, BJP’s Vishwas Nagar MLA
Anand Vihar information the worst AQI 12 months after 12 months. Many of the air pollution is reported from the ISBT — each due to unlawful buses from each Delhi and UP and the mini-city of unlawful encroachments alongside the ISBT inflicting congestion. Why are unlawful personal buses allowed to enter the town from the border on that aspect?
Amanatullah Khan, AAP’s Okhla MLA
We want coordination between states and the Centre to take care of air pollution. Delhi’s air pollution can be a operate of climate situations. With wind velocity remaining calm, pollution accumulate. In that method, little or no is in our fingers — however one factor that must be managed is stubble burning.
Northeast Delhi
Hotspot: Jahangirpuri
Manoj Tiwari, BJP’s Northeast Delhi MP
Diesel autos getting into the town at border factors maintain idling for hours and enforcement groups fail to cease them. Lack of public transport infrastructure within the space forces individuals to rely upon private autos that are caught in gridlocks for hours.
West Delhi
Hotspots: Punjabi Bagh, Dwarka
Kamaljeet Sehrawat, BJP’s West Delhi MP
Mud is the most important offender. Ideally, yearly, all mud air pollution hotspots must be recognized by September and water sprinklers have to be deployed. The dearth of ample public transportation, particularly last-mile connectivity, is a serious drawback. The Delhi authorities not solely wants to make sure correct preparations concerning this but in addition make sure the well timed launch of funds for tasks such because the Delhi Metro and the Regional Speedy Transit System.
Girish Soni, AAP’s Madipur MLA
We’ve been distributing masks for the final 3-4 days since air pollution worsened. We’re additionally serving to people who require medical help because of the deteriorating air high quality.
Hotspot: Wazirpur
Rajesh Gupta, AAP’s Wazirpur MLA
Ashok Vihar is without doubt one of the greenest areas of Delhi, however for the reason that air pollution measuring equipment is at a Metro station, the studying comes larger than the precise stage. Because the begin of my tenure, I’ve centered on tree plantation in my space… We’re finishing up surveillance of the world with drones, monitoring if somebody ignites any hearth. Moreover, I’ve requested guards of various RWAs to not gentle a hearth throughout obligation, telling them to ask me for heaters when it will get chilly.
Shahdara AAP MLA and Delhi Meeting Speaker Ram Niwas Goel, R Okay Puram AAP MLA Pramila Tokas, Badli AAP MLA Ajesh Yadav and New Delhi BJP MP Bansuri Swaraj couldn’t be reached for remark. Dwarka AAP MLA Vinay Mishra refused to remark, whereas Burari AAP MLA Sanjeev Jha didn’t reply to queries.
