AAP accuses BJP-MCD of violating SC orders by collecting tolls as Delhi’s AQI hits 402. Video from Ghazipur shows vehicles being stopped amid severe pollution.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) charged Monday that the BJP was failing to close toll plazas in Delhi, where pollution levels were on the rise.
Neither the BJP-ruled Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) nor the party itself responded right away.
Saurabh Bharadwaj, the head of the AAP Delhi unit, noted that even though the Supreme Court has banned the collecting of toll taxes in Delhi, cars are still being stopped at toll plazas, which causes traffic jams, preventable emissions, and a continuous decline in the city’s air quality.
“Stay hopeless. Vehicles are being stopped for collecting toll taxes at all tolls, in violation of the Supreme Court’s orders. In Delhi, these toll booths have turned become hotspots for the spread of pollutants. Why can’t the Delhi government and BJP-ruled MCD carry out their fundamental tasks in place of Nautanki? On X, Bharadwaj wrote.
Bharadwaj shared a video from the Ghazipur toll plaza, highlighting the reality on the ground as seen by an AAP karyakarta who went there.
The AAP Karyakarta claimed in the video that Delhi was in a terrible situation, with the BJP-run MCD still concentrating on collecting money at toll booths as the city struggled with extreme pollution.
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Delhi was suffocated by a heavy layer of smog, with the average Air Quality Index (AQI) falling into the “severe” category at 402.
The quality of the air was’severe’ at 22 stations,’very poor’ at 14, and poor at one location. Data for the three other stations was unavailable, however Vivek Vihar in East Delhi had the highest AQI of 456 out of all the stations.
An AQI of 0 to 50 is deemed “good,” 51 to 100 “satisfactory,” 101 to 200 “moderate,” 201 to 300 “poor,” 301 to 400 “very poor,” and 401 to 500 “severe,” according to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).
For the next three days, Delhi’s air quality is probably going to be in the “very poor” range. The air quality is expected to fluctuate in the’very poor’ to’severe’ band over the next six days, according to the Air Quality Early Warning System (AQEWS).