{"id":4938,"date":"2023-11-03T13:08:14","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T13:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/?p=4938"},"modified":"2023-11-03T13:08:14","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T13:08:14","slug":"grap-iii-invoked-anti-smog-guns-deployed-delhi-govt-central-agencies-step-up-fight-against-pollution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/grap-iii-invoked-anti-smog-guns-deployed-delhi-govt-central-agencies-step-up-fight-against-pollution\/","title":{"rendered":"GRAP III invoked, anti-smog guns deployed, Delhi Govt &central agencies step up fight against pollution"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW DELHI: Resuming\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>‘Red\u00a0<\/span><\/span>light\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Gaadi\u00a0<\/span><\/span>off’\u00a0<\/span><\/span>campaign<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>deploying\u00a0<\/span><\/span>anti-smog\u00a0<\/span><\/span>guns,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>invoking\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stage\u00a0<\/span>III\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>pollution<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>management\u00a0<\/span>plan\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>among\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>actions\u00a0<\/span><\/span>taken\u00a0<\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Delhi\u00a0<\/span>government\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>other\u00a0<\/span><\/span>agencies\u00a0<\/span><\/span>after\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>city’s\u00a0<\/span>air\u00a0<\/span>quality\u00a0<\/span><\/span>fell\u00a0<\/span><\/span>into\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the’severe’\u00a0<\/span><\/span>category,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>according\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>officials.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>A\u00a0<\/span>government\u00a0<\/span>official\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Delhi\u00a0<\/span><\/span>claims\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>national\u00a0<\/span>capital\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>adopted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Graded\u00a0<\/span>Response\u00a0<\/span>Action\u00a0<\/span>Plan\u00a0<\/span>(GRAP)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stage\u00a0<\/span>3,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>which\u00a0<\/span><\/span>completely\u00a0<\/span>prohibits\u00a0<\/span><\/span>any\u00a0<\/span>kind\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>building\u00a0<\/span><\/span>or\u00a0<\/span><\/span>demolition.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>On\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Thursday,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Centre’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>pollution\u00a0<\/span>control\u00a0<\/span><\/span>body\u00a0<\/span><\/span>called\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>GRAP\u00a0<\/span><\/span>III\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>implemented,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stopping\u00a0<\/span><\/span>all\u00a0<\/span><\/span>non-essential\u00a0<\/span><\/span>building,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>mining,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stone\u00a0<\/span><\/span>crushing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Delhi-NCR.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>In\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Delhi,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Gurugram,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Faridabad,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Ghaziabad,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Gautam\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Budh\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Nagar,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>there\u00a0<\/span>are\u00a0<\/span><\/span>further\u00a0<\/span>limitations\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>operation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>four-wheelers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>classified\u00a0<\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>BS\u00a0<\/span><\/span>III\u00a0<\/span><\/span>petrol\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>BS\u00a0<\/span><\/span>IV\u00a0<\/span><\/span>diesel\u00a0<\/span><\/span>during\u00a0<\/span><\/span>this\u00a0<\/span>phase.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Anti-smog\u00a0<\/span><\/span>guns\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>been\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stationed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>at\u00a0<\/span><\/span>several\u00a0<\/span>locations,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>including\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Anand\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Vihar,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Kashmiri\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Gate\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ISBT,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ITO,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Pusa\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Road,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jahangirpuri,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Narela\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Industrial\u00a0<\/span><\/span>area,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Burari\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Crossing,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Delhi\u00a0<\/span><\/span>administration,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>which\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>intensified\u00a0<\/span><\/span>efforts\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>combat\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>pollution\u00a0<\/span><\/span>crisis,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>according\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>officials.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>“The\u00a0<\/span>process\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>sprinkling\u00a0<\/span><\/span>water\u00a0<\/span>is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>underway\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>national\u00a0<\/span>capital\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>view\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>pollution\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>city,”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>Public\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Works\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Department\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(PWD)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>official\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stated.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Road\u00a0<\/span>dust\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>constantly\u00a0<\/span>monitored\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>anti-smog\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cannons,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>which\u00a0<\/span>we\u00a0<\/span><\/span>also\u00a0<\/span>employ\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>construction\u00a0<\/span><\/span>zones.”<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span><\/span>‘Red\u00a0<\/span><\/span>light\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Gaadi\u00a0<\/span><\/span>off’\u00a0<\/span><\/span>campaign\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>initiated\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Delhi\u00a0<\/span>government\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>October\u00a0<\/span>28th,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>aim\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>raising\u00a0<\/span><\/span>awareness\u00a0<\/span><\/span>among\u00a0<\/span><\/span>commuters\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>motorists\u00a0<\/span><\/span>about\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>increasing\u00a0<\/span>levels\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>pollution\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>motivating\u00a0<\/span><\/span>them\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>turn\u00a0<\/span><\/span>off\u00a0<\/span><\/span>their\u00a0<\/span>vehicles.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>A\u00a0<\/span>year\u00a0<\/span><\/span>after\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Lieutenant\u00a0<\/span>Governor\u00a0<\/span><\/span>V\u00a0<\/span><\/span>K\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Saxena\u00a0<\/span><\/span>placed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span>hold\u00a0<\/span><\/span>due\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>concerns\u00a0<\/span>about\u00a0<\/span><\/span>its\u00a0<\/span>efficacy,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it\u00a0<\/span>was\u00a0<\/span><\/span>relaunched.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Gopal\u00a0<\/span>Rai,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>environment\u00a0<\/span><\/span>minister,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>had\u00a0<\/span>previously\u00a0<\/span>announced\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2,500\u00a0<\/span><\/span>civil\u00a0<\/span>defence\u00a0<\/span><\/span>volunteers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>would\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>sent\u00a0<\/span><\/span>out\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>oversee\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>campaign’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>execution\u00a0<\/span><\/span>at\u00a0<\/span><\/span>100\u00a0<\/span><\/span>strategically\u00a0<\/span>important\u00a0<\/span><\/span>traffic\u00a0<\/span><\/span>crossings.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Delhi’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>air\u00a0<\/span>quality,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span>an\u00a0<\/span><\/span>AQI\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>315\u00a0<\/span><\/span>till\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Thursday\u00a0<\/span>morning,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>still\u00a0<\/span><\/span>classified\u00a0<\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“very\u00a0<\/span>poor,”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>evening\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>had\u00a0<\/span>dropped\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>418.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>It\u00a0<\/span><\/span>became\u00a0<\/span><\/span>worse\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Friday\u00a0<\/span>morning,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>AQI\u00a0<\/span><\/span>rising\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>450.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>GRAP\u00a0<\/span><\/span>divides\u00a0<\/span><\/span>actions\u00a0<\/span><\/span>into\u00a0<\/span><\/span>four\u00a0<\/span>stages:\u00a0<\/span><\/span>‘Very\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Poor’\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(AQI\u00a0<\/span><\/span>301\u2013400),\u00a0<\/span><\/span>‘Poor’\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(AQI\u00a0<\/span><\/span>201-300),\u00a0<\/span><\/span>‘Severe’\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(AQI\u00a0<\/span><\/span>401\u2013450),\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>‘Severe\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Plus’\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(AQI\u00a0<\/span><\/span>beyond\u00a0<\/span><\/span>450)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>stages\u00a0<\/span><\/span>into\u00a0<\/span><\/span>which\u00a0<\/span>actions\u00a0<\/span><\/span>fall.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>According\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>officials,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Municipal\u00a0<\/span>Corporation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Delhi\u00a0<\/span>(MCD)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>set\u00a0<\/span><\/span>up\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Rs\u00a0<\/span>20\u00a0<\/span>lakh\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>each\u00a0<\/span>zone\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>implement\u00a0<\/span><\/span>air\u00a0<\/span>pollution\u00a0<\/span><\/span>control\u00a0<\/span>measures.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>They\u00a0<\/span><\/span>said\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>MCD\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>concentrating\u00a0<\/span><\/span>its\u00a0<\/span>efforts\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>using\u00a0<\/span><\/span>labour\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>equipment\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>remove\u00a0<\/span><\/span>trash\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>train\u00a0<\/span>tracks.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>According\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>an\u00a0<\/span><\/span>MCD\u00a0<\/span><\/span>spokesman,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>organisation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>plans\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>buy\u00a0<\/span><\/span>dust\u00a0<\/span><\/span>suppressants,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>which\u00a0<\/span><\/span>will\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>sprayed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>during\u00a0<\/span><\/span>non-peak\u00a0<\/span>hours\u00a0<\/span><\/span>at\u00a0<\/span>least\u00a0<\/span><\/span>every\u00a0<\/span>other\u00a0<\/span>day\u00a0<\/span><\/span>using\u00a0<\/span><\/span>water\u00a0<\/span>sprinklers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>anti-smog\u00a0<\/span><\/span>guns.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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NEW DELHI: Resuming\u00a0the\u00a0‘Red\u00a0light\u00a0on,\u00a0Gaadi\u00a0off’\u00a0campaign,\u00a0deploying\u00a0anti-smog\u00a0guns,\u00a0and\u00a0invoking\u00a0stage\u00a0III\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0pollution\u00a0management\u00a0plan\u00a0are\u00a0among\u00a0the\u00a0actions\u00a0taken\u00a0by\u00a0the\u00a0Delhi\u00a0government\u00a0and\u00a0other\u00a0agencies\u00a0after\u00a0the\u00a0city’s\u00a0air\u00a0quality\u00a0fell\u00a0into\u00a0the’severe’\u00a0category,\u00a0according\u00a0to\u00a0officials. A\u00a0government\u00a0official\u00a0in\u00a0Delhi\u00a0claims\u00a0that\u00a0the\u00a0national\u00a0capital\u00a0has\u00a0adopted\u00a0the\u00a0Graded\u00a0Response\u00a0Action\u00a0Plan\u00a0(GRAP)\u00a0stage\u00a03,\u00a0which\u00a0completely\u00a0prohibits\u00a0any\u00a0kind\u00a0of\u00a0building\u00a0or\u00a0demolition. On\u00a0Thursday,\u00a0the\u00a0Centre’s\u00a0pollution\u00a0control\u00a0body\u00a0called\u00a0for\u00a0the\u00a0GRAP\u00a0III\u00a0to\u00a0be\u00a0implemented,\u00a0stopping\u00a0all\u00a0non-essential\u00a0building,\u00a0mining,\u00a0and\u00a0stone\u00a0crushing\u00a0in\u00a0Delhi-NCR. In\u00a0Delhi,\u00a0Gurugram,\u00a0Faridabad,\u00a0Ghaziabad,\u00a0and\u00a0Gautam\u00a0Budh\u00a0Nagar,\u00a0there\u00a0are\u00a0further\u00a0limitations\u00a0on\u00a0the\u00a0operation\u00a0of\u00a0four-wheelers\u00a0classified\u00a0as\u00a0BS\u00a0III\u00a0petrol\u00a0and\u00a0BS\u00a0IV\u00a0diesel\u00a0during\u00a0this\u00a0phase.Anti-smog\u00a0guns\u00a0have\u00a0been\u00a0stationed\u00a0at\u00a0several\u00a0locations,\u00a0including\u00a0Anand\u00a0Vihar,\u00a0Kashmiri\u00a0Gate\u00a0ISBT,\u00a0ITO,\u00a0Pusa\u00a0Road,\u00a0Jahangirpuri,\u00a0Narela\u00a0Industrial\u00a0area,\u00a0and\u00a0Burari\u00a0Crossing,\u00a0by\u00a0the\u00a0Delhi\u00a0administration,\u00a0which\u00a0has\u00a0intensified\u00a0efforts\u00a0to\u00a0combat\u00a0the\u00a0pollution\u00a0crisis,\u00a0according\u00a0to\u00a0officials. “The\u00a0process\u00a0of\u00a0sprinkling\u00a0water\u00a0is\u00a0underway\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0national\u00a0capital\u00a0in\u00a0view\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0pollution\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0city,”\u00a0a\u00a0Public\u00a0Works\u00a0Department\u00a0(PWD)\u00a0official\u00a0stated. 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