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Pollution Heading Towards Rajasthan, Ashok Gehlot Urges Centre To Consider It As Top Priority

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Pollution isn’t a new topic for India and Delhi isn’t a fresh spot for toxic pollution to breed. There are numerous politicians doing the talk-talk but none have taken any long term initiative into helping to find out the way to reduce this harmful toxicity.

People, on the other hand, are doing less and whining more about the growing air pollution. Social media have become a platform of shows and reality is far away from the bleak.

The chief minister of Rajasthan Ashok Gehlot while placing his opinion says that air pollution shouldn’t be a concern to only the Delhi government but should be a concern for the central government too in order to resolve the issue permanently.

He also rightfully places his concern regarding the growing “pollution which is heading towards Rajasthan” after occupying the entire Northern states.

“If the national capital becomes a gas chamber, you can imagine what would happen. I was in Delhi for two days. I felt what the people are going through there (in Delhi). The pollution is now heading towards Rajasthan, so this should be a matter of concern for us too.”

“We request the Centre to not simply leave the matter up to Delhi government. This matter should be a top priority, and be resolved permanently. This year pollution in Delhi has crossed all limits.”

Delhi is covered with toxic smog engulfing several parts of the city. The quality of air is deteriorating, the Air Quality Index (AQI) is rising as high as 625 at 10 am yesterday. Arvind Kejriwal brings the odd and even scheme back to its regular routine from today and will go on till November 15.

Air Pollution escalates: World Environment Day 2019

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Every year The United Nations decides on a theme concerning the prevailing environmental conditions. This 2019, the theme is “Air pollution” and the many different ways to curb air pollution. The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate, released the song “Hawa (Air) Aane De” in order to spread the awareness with regard to the increase in air pollution. It is an awareness campaign starring many Bollywood singers, choreographers and actor Akshay Kumar in the lead. This awareness ad campaign laments about the after effect of Air pollution.

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Dr. Pranav Tripathi a former environmental researcher at IIT Bombay says, “ The first issue is the public transport and secondly planting trees should be made a compulsory act. The government should make compulsory guidelines where every student should be asked to plant trees
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before they graduate from an institute. Generally, the pollution level is high in the winter season because of the stubble burning of crops by farmers and this is mostly done prior to the winter season. Therefore, when winter happens pollution rises to an extreme level. The government should provide money to the farmers in order to stop stubble burning and proper policies to this should be implemented”.

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The World Environment Day is a day where people come together in order to do something needful to protect the environment and the “ basis for an enlightenment opinion and responsible conduct by individuals, enterprise and communities in preserving and enhancing the environment,” according to the United Nations. The reduction in pollution will occur only if we take measures towards a safe environment. “Often you can’t even see it, but air pollution is everywhere. We can’t stop breathing, but we can do something about the quality of our air,” the UN says.

Some of the few Do’s that everyone should be doing this year in order to axe pollution would be

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Use public transportation or carpool

Save energy

Do not smoke indoor or outdoor in public area

The government should implement strong and reliable policies for the benefit of the nation and the people. We as responsible beings must contribute to this cause efficiently for the future generation to survive.