The Delhi government on Monday wrote to the Centre requesting it to sprinkle water from choppers or any other aircraft to settle the dust that spikes air pollution. The air quality index (AQI) of the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR) on Monday again recorded 'very poor'. The air ambience fund, created in 2008, reportedly had around Rs 240 crore till last year, of which about a fraction had been used in subsidising electric vehicles. "The government of NCT is willing to bear the expenses from Air Ambience Fund of Delhi Pollution Control Committee," he further said in the letter. The SC-appointed Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority has tasked the authorities in Delhi-NCR with preparing a list of roads in a state of disrepair and contributing to dust pollution.

Source: dna October 24, 2017 01:41 UTC