New Delhi Oct 21 PTI Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Thursday said the Delhi government will implement all measures to control pollution in the national capital and it will also put in place steps under the Graded Response Action Plan GRAP if the need arisesThe GRAP is a set of emergency measures to be taken to reduce air pollution depending on the level of pollution in Delhi-NCRRai also urged the Centre to talk to states and work on putting an end to stubble burningHe was speaking at an event at the Chandgi Ram Akhara where all the MLAs had gathered to raise awareness about the Red Light On Gaadi Off campaignAfter this on October 25 the councillors of Delhi will run a public awareness campaign on the Barakhamba RoadDue to rains the pollution levels had gone down in Delhi since stubble burning had stopped in neighbouring areas But after the sun has come out the instances of stubble burning will increase We are taking all steps to reduce pollution in Delhi and running various campaigns to encourage peoples participation he told reportersThe minister said they will be holding a meeting with the SDMs and scientists of Delhi Pollution Control Committee DPCC on Friday to discuss how to make this a wider campaignThis campaign will be taken ahead to the Mohalla level In the meeting tomorrow based on the decision taken we will take up the scale of the campaign to a higher level he addedRai said BJP MLAs were also invited to be part of the eventAam Aadmi Party MLAs are present here but MLAs of other parties have not come Information about the event was given to all of them The government is emphasising on public participation and is running other campaigns including the anti-dust campaign Increasing the participation of people in this fight will reduce their share in pollution as well the minister saidWhen questioned about the implementation of GRAP to control pollution he said The pollution due to stubble burning cannot be controlled by implementing GRAP We had urged the Centre and states to spray PUSA bio-decomposer a microbial solution that can turn stubble into manure in 15 to 20 days to prevent stubble burning If it was sprayed responsibly farmers would not have had to indulge in stubble burning Rai said the government is also working to control dust pollution and vehicular pollutionIf the need arises we will bring in GRAP Whatever needs to be done we will do to control pollution in Delhi But I pray to the Centre with folded hands to work towards stopping stubble burning Otherwise despite the efforts of Delhiites they will have to face pollution due to stubble burning he said PTI SLB TDS TDS

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