Pollution at its peak in Delhi, work from home mandatory, decision on compensation to workers

Delhi Pollution: Pollution is continuously increasing in Delhi. Due to which breathing has become difficult, especially for children and the elderly. Understanding the depth of the matter, the BJP government has taken an important decision. 50% work from home has been made mandatory in all government and private offices. Now only half the employees will come to work in offices, the rest will work from home.

Delhi’s AQI bad

The level of pollution in Delhi remains dangerous. On Wednesday, the city’s AQI was recorded at 328, which falls in the ‘very poor’ category. However, there has been a slight improvement compared to Tuesday, when the AQI had reached 377. Visibility was also low in many areas due to smog and fog in the morning.

According to data till 9 am, the air quality remained ‘very poor’ at 30 out of 40 air quality monitoring stations in Delhi. The highest AQI of 376 was recorded in Bawana area.

These essential services will remain operational

Delhi government minister Kapil Mishra told a press conference on Wednesday that essential services like healthcare, fire service, jail administration, public transport and disaster management have been exempted from this rule, so that essential services are not affected.

Announcement of compensation to workers

Kapil Mishra said that due to the implementation of Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP-3), construction work is completely stopped, due to which the daily wage laborers have been affected the most. In view of this, the Delhi government has decided to transfer a compensation amount of ₹ 10,000 to the accounts of all registered and verified construction workers.

Delhi is the third most polluted city

According to Swiss air quality monitoring company IQAir, Delhi was the third most polluted city in the world on Tuesday. Lahore stood first with 425 AQI, while Bosnia-Herzegovina’s Bosnia-Herzegovina stood second with 406 AQI.

GRAP-4 implemented, still the situation is bad

The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) first implemented GRAP-3 and then GRAP-4 on December 13, but despite this there was no significant improvement in pollution. Under GRAP-4, stringent measures like 50% work from home, ban on entry of BS-4 large commercial vehicles, stoppage of construction work, hybrid mode in schools, ban on burning of garbage and fuel, ban on diesel generators, RMC plants, stone crushers, brick kilns and mining are included. Along with this, a ban has also been imposed on transportation of construction material on unpaved roads.