Summer Action Plan to address air pollution in Delhi

NEW DELHI: Gopal Rai, Minister of Environment, Government of NCT of Delhi on Monday, announced an Action Plan to address high levels of air pollution in Delhi. The plan would be implemented during the summer months from April to September.

According to Rai, the summer plan will be a precursor to the Winter Action Plan to mitigate the menace of pollution in the capital. Regarding this, Rai held a meeting with the concerned departments – Delhi Pollution Control Committee, Delhi Development Authority, Delhi Fire Service and municipal corporations.

The 14-point Action Plan aims to focus on the following

1. Open burning
2. Road dust pollution
3. Industrial pollution
4. Urban farming
5. Increasing Delhi’s roadside green cover
6. Development of green parks
7. Tree plantation
8. Development of Delhi’s lakes
9. Development of city forest
10. Eco club activities’
11. Real Time Apportionment Study
12. Development of eco parks out of e-waste
13. Monitoring of tree transplantation
14. Replacement of single use plastic

Delhi witnesses unprecedented levels of pollution during the winter months and has been a threat to the quality of life in Delhi for some time now. The action plan aims to mitigate the issue of air pollution in the national capital.