Shashi Tharoor on Delhi Air Pollution: On the day of Diwali, people of Delhi burst firecrackers, flouting the Supreme Court order. Due to this, the air of Delhi-NCR has become very bad on Monday morning after Diwali. The average AQI of Delhi was recorded at 366. While AQI crossed 400 at 15 monitoring stations. The highest AQI of 449 was recorded in Sonia Vihar. Due to severe air pollution (Delhi AQI), Delhi reached the third position among the most polluted cities of the country. Meanwhile, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has targeted the government regarding Delhi air pollution. Shashi Tharoor termed Delhi air pollution as a 'national embarrassment'.
Regarding the suffocating air and continuously deteriorating AQI in the capital Delhi, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said that it is very unfortunate that the government is not able to show political will to solve this problem. Pollution is now affecting sports competitions as well and cricket teams want to avoid playing in Delhi this season.
Shashi Tharoor said while talking to the media – 'Delhi's air quality is a matter of national embarrassment. I have been raising this issue for a long time. I personally organized roundtables on air pollution in Delhi for 10 years at my own expense, but eventually gave up hope that the government would act. This is really a very shameful situation. Tharoor said that the people of Delhi are facing problems due to pollution. Its effect is also visible on sports events. He said that he feels sad for the people of Delhi, who have to breathe poisonous air at this time. According to him, even cricket teams are not ready to play in Delhi this season and other sports competitions are also being affected.
Let us tell you that on Sunday, people burst firecrackers on Diwali, after which visibility was very low in many areas of Delhi-NCR on Monday morning. According to Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data as of 7 am on Monday, Delhi's average AQI was recorded at around 368. During this period, data was available from 54 monitoring stations, out of which AQI crossed 400 at 15 stations. The highest AQI of 441 was recorded in Sonia Vihar and Burari Crossing. Apart from this, 437 AQI was recorded in Vivek Vihar, 434 in DTU and 433 in Jahangirpuri and North Campus.
The air condition remained severe in many other areas of Delhi also. AQI was recorded at 430 in Rohini, 424 in Bawana, 418 in Chandni Chowk, 418 in Patparganj, 417 in Mundka and 409 in Punjabi Bagh. AQI was 407 in ITO and 402 in Commonwealth Sports Complex. Whereas AQI was recorded at 379 in Narela, 365 in Wazirpur, 364 in RK Puram, 370 in Lodhi Road and 369 in Mandir Marg.
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