The AAP accused the BJP of indulging in “soiled politics”.
New Delhi:
East Delhi MP Harsh Malhotra on Saturday blamed the Aam Aadmi Celebration authorities for air pollution within the Yamuna, saying cleansing the river has by no means been its precedence.
Responding to the BJP’s allegations, the AAP in a press release stated, “The BJP is just indulging in soiled politics. The Aam Aadmi Celebration authorities is working at a conflict stage towards air pollution… The BJP authorities is polluting the Yamuna by sending soiled water from Uttar Pradesh whereas their leaders are merely placing on a present in Delhi,” AAP stated.
Mr Malhotra made the comment after going to the banks of the river at Kalindi Kunj, accompanied by BJP spokesperson Anil Gupta and native councillor Brahm Singh.
Referring to the thick white froth overlaying the Yamuna River stated, “The Arvind Kejriwal authorities has solely unfold lies and illusions about cleansing the Yamuna. When the Lieutenant Governor initiated steps to scrub the Yamuna, the Kejriwal authorities approached the Supreme Court docket to dam them. Cleansing the river has at all times been a political problem for AAP, not a precedence.”
He stated that regardless of a decade of guarantees, air pollution within the Yamuna has solely worsened, posing critical well being dangers to folks residing close to it.
Since Friday morning, the Yamuna River has been lined with a thick layer of white froth. Consultants have warned towards taking a dip within the river, whilst folks gear up for the Chhath Puja.
The Delhi authorities on Friday stated it’s carefully monitoring the state of affairs.
Mr Malhotra additionally questioned the AAP authorities’s dealing with of the Rs 1,000 crore collected as air pollution cess, supposed for tackling air and water air pollution.
“The Delhi authorities ought to make clear what occurred to those funds,” he stated.
The MP additionally highlighted the extreme drop in oxygen ranges within the Yamuna because it flows via Delhi and the absence of sewage therapy crops at crucial drainage factors.
The oxygen content material of the river’s water drops from 9 items when it enters Delhi to zero because it leaves, making it hazardous for each residents and the atmosphere, he advised PTI Movies.
AAP chief Reena Gupta stated, “Whether or not it is the difficulty of water air pollution or air air pollution, these points cross administrative boundaries. There’s an airshed inside roughly 300 kilometres of Delhi, and the Supreme Court docket has persistently said that each one state governments have to work collectively to deal with this problem.”
“Nonetheless, solely the AAP governments in Delhi and Punjab are actively tackling it. In Haryana, there was a 30 per cent enhance in stubble-burning incidents, whereas Uttar Pradesh has seen a 70 per cent enhance. In distinction, Punjab has skilled a 30 per cent discount in such incidents, she claimed.
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