NEW DELHI: The politics over the burning of stubble and the ensuing air contamination in Delhi has warmed up with the Bjp responding at Aam Aadmi’s party on Saturday, the day after the AAP blamed the Center for it. The BJP stated that it has been “proven” that there is more pollution due to local factors within Delhi.
“The day before yesterday Union Minister Prakash Javadekar told them that the daily stubble burning data changes. He told them an overall average of 4%. In response to that, the Delhi government gave a figure of November 1, 2019, “BJP said. spokesperson Nupur Sharma at a press conference.
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Sharma cited a newspaper report to reinforce his point of variation for such data on a daily basis. Sharma stated that the proportion of pollution caused by stubble burning in Delhi-NCR the air pollution PM 2.5, Wednesday was 1%. The same was 6% on Thursday and 18% on Friday.
The BJP counterattack comes after the AAP attack on Friday. The Aam Aadmi Party had stood up to both Congress and the BJP while welcoming the Supreme Court’s decision to appoint retired Judge Madan B Lokur to monitor stubble burning in Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh amid increasing pollution. in and around Delhi.
Haryana and Uttar Pradesh are governed by the BJP, while Punjab is governed by Congress. “These two parties are forming an alliance to allow the burning of stubble,” charged the AAP.
Sharma alleged that “the Delhi government has announced a 65 billion rupee budget this year and has allocated only 52 million rupees to the Department of the Environment. ”
She also demanded to know when smog towers will be built in the national capital. She asked: “In December 2019, the Supreme Court had asked the Delhi government to erect smog towers in 3 months. More than nine months have passed, how many smog towers are installed?”
She said: “I want to ask the Delhi government what the Delhi government is doing besides tweeting, accusing and just doing drama.”
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