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With Delhi’s air quality getting worse, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is strongly criticizing the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government, saying it hasn’t done enough to solve the growing pollution problem in the city.
Recently, Delhi BJP leader Virendra Sachdeva organized an event in Anand Vihar to raise awareness about the dangerous air quality in the city. He handed out masks to people and explained how bad air can harm their health. Sachdeva criticized the AAP government, saying, “The AAP government has not tried to solve the pollution problem, and now people in Delhi are suffering because of it.”
BJP MP Manoj Tiwari also criticized the AAP’s environmental policies, saying that the government’s lack of action has made the pollution problem worse. Tiwari commented, “Even though pollution levels are very high, the AAP government hasn’t taken strong steps to fix the issue, showing they don’t care much about improving air quality.”
Joining the group of people who are criticizing, BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla said that the AAP is more focused on getting political benefits instead of taking care of public health. In a message, Poonawalla mentioned, “The AAP government’s failure to handle the pollution problem shows that they don’t care about the health of people living in Delhi.”
The AAP has stood by its actions, pointing to steps taken to reduce pollution, like setting up smog towers, encouraging electric cars, and using the odd-even rule for vehicles. But some people say these efforts haven’t been enough and haven’t been done well.
Environmental experts say that Delhi’s pollution problem is very complicated and needs teamwork from many areas and nearby states. Things that make the air bad in the city are car fumes, factory waste, dust from building sites, and burning leftover crops in nearby places.
New information shows that quick fixes like smog towers and anti-smog guns haven’t done much to make the air cleaner. A well-known outdoor smog cleaner in Delhi hasn’t worked for more than a year, making people living there upset because they still have health problems from the dirty air.
The National Clean Air Program (NCAP), started by the central government, plans to cut the amount of tiny particles in the air by 20-30% by 2024. But, some people say the program isn’t working as well as it could because it doesn’t have good ways to collect and check data.
As the political arguments go on, people in Delhi are still at risk from the bad health effects of breathing polluted air for a long time. Doctors say there are more cases of breathing problems like chronic bronchitis and asthma, especially in kids and older people.
The growing pollution problem has caught the attention of the courts. The top court in India recently criticized the central and state governments for not doing enough to control pollution. It urged them to take quick and united action to protect people’s health.
To sum up, even though the BJP and AAP blame each other for Delhi’s bad air, the real focus should be on finding big, long-term solutions to fight pollution. This means improving public transportation, making sure cars and factories follow strict rules about pollution, building more green spaces, and working together with nearby areas to stop pollution from spreading.
The health and happiness of people in Delhi depend on the government’s determination and teamwork from everyone involved to find lasting ways to solve this ongoing environmental problem.
BY – NIKITA
