Delhi govt launches month-long campaign to reduce vehicular emissions
New Delhi Oct 18 PTI The Delhi government kicked off its month-long Red Light On Gaadi Off campaign across 100 crossings in the city on Monday to reduce vehicular emissionsDelhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai visited the ITO crossing and appealed to the public to extend their support to make this fight against pollution a success Vehicular emissions and dust are significant contributors to the air pollution of any city the minister saidTo reduce vehicular pollution the Delhi government has started a Red Light On Gaadi Off campaign from today Monday Data by the Petroleum Conservation Research Association PCRA shows that if people follow the exercise of switching off engines at traffic signals pollution can be cut down by 13-20 per cent Rai saidThis is a public campaign We all will have to fight together to beat pollution I appeal to the public to follow the campaign he addedRai said pollution levels were within safe limits in SeptemberThe spike in pollution levels in winters is due to the change in weather and the cases of stubble burning in neighbouring states the Delhi environment minister addedWe cannot do anything about stubble burning in neighbouring states So our effort is to reduce vehicular and dust pollution in Delhi through the Red Light On Gaadi Off campaign and anti-dust drives he saidRai said that he had a meeting with Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav which was attended by environment ministers of Punjab Haryana Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan as wellWe had raised our concerns about stubble burning in the meeting The other state governments did not shoulder their responsibilities properly and thats why stubble burning is happening Rai allegedThe Red Light On Gaadi Off campaign will continue for a month till November 18As many as 2500 civil defence volunteers will be deployed in two shifts of 8 am to 2 pm and 2 pm to 8 pm across 100 traffic junctions in the city for the campaignAccording to officials these civil defence volunteers will hand out pamphlets carrying information on Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwals three appeals to the publicTo help fight the pollution in Delhi Kejriwal had last week appealed to the people to actively participate in the campaign avoid using their cars at least one day a week and report any case of violation of pollution norms on the Green Delhi app PTI AKM IJT
New Delhi Oct 18 PTI The Delhi government kicked off its month-long Red Light On Gaadi Off campaign across 100 crossings in the city on Monday to reduce vehicular emissionsDelhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai visited the ITO crossing and appealed to the public to extend their support to make this fight against pollution a success Vehicular emissions and dust are significant contributors to the air pollution of any city the minister saidTo reduce vehicular pollution the Delhi government has started a Red Light On Gaadi Off campaign from today Monday Data by the Petroleum Conservation Research Association PCRA shows that if people follow the exercise of switching off engines at traffic signals pollution can be cut down by 13-20 per cent Rai saidThis is a public campaign We all will have to fight together to beat pollution I appeal to the public to follow the campaign he addedRai said pollution levels were within safe limits in SeptemberThe spike in pollution levels in winters is due to the change in weather and the cases of stubble burning in neighbouring states the Delhi environment minister addedWe cannot do anything about stubble burning in neighbouring states So our effort is to reduce vehicular and dust pollution in Delhi through the Red Light On Gaadi Off campaign and anti-dust drives he saidRai said that he had a meeting with Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav which was attended by environment ministers of Punjab Haryana Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan as wellWe had raised our concerns about stubble burning in the meeting The other state governments did not shoulder their responsibilities properly and thats why stubble burning is happening Rai allegedThe Red Light On Gaadi Off campaign will continue for a month till November 18As many as 2500 civil defence volunteers will be deployed in two shifts of 8 am to 2 pm and 2 pm to 8 pm across 100 traffic junctions in the city for the campaignAccording to officials these civil defence volunteers will hand out pamphlets carrying information on Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwals three appeals to the publicTo help fight the pollution in Delhi Kejriwal had last week appealed to the people to actively participate in the campaign avoid using their cars at least one day a week and report any case of violation of pollution norms on the Green Delhi app PTI AKM IJT
