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Kejriwal government’s decision – ‘Red light on, vehicle off’ campaign from Thursday

By Renu Mishra 
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New Delhi: A meeting was held today under the leadership of Environment Minister Gopal Rai of Kejriwal government regarding the increasing pollution in Delhi. During this meeting, it has been decided to once again start the ‘Red Light On, Vehicle Off’ campaign. This campaign will start from Thursday.

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Minister Gopal Rai himself has given this information. He said that bikes are causing the most pollution, and requested motorcyclists to get their “Pollution Control Certificate” updated. Rai further said that metro officials have been instructed to increase the metro service and the same instructions have been given to buses also.

Let us tell you that this campaign was started on 16th October in the year 2020. Minister Gopal Rai said that there are 13 hotspots of pollution in Delhi. Today, eight other centres, including Shadipur, Mandir Marg, Patparganj, Sonia Vihar and Moti Bagh, recorded AQI levels above 300 due to local reasons.

Special teams will be deployed here to identify and inspect local sources of pollution. The 24-hour average air quality index of the capital deteriorated further to 313 on Sunday compared to 248 on Saturday. The air quality in Delhi was last recorded as “very poor” on May 17 when the AQI was 336.

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