Although the Centre's monitoring agencies smelt conspiracy--"WHO has overestimated India's data and underestimated Beijing's, said one--the findings made air pollution and its health hazards in the capital a hot topic among common people and also alerted the authorities.
A high-powered committee of the Delhi government, which was formed in May to come up with shortand long-term measures to tackle air pollution, suggested a slew of steps in June, including restriction on sale of fuel if PUC is not valid, no-tolerance zones for parking, introduction of Euro 5 fuel norms at the earliest, and developing a public transport plan.
"This needs to be taken up on a mission mode by all government agencies," declared lieutenant governor Najeeb Jung. But there is little or no progress till now.Just weeks after deciding to make PUC mandatory for refuelling from December 1, the government deferred it for three months.
With Diwali and the winter, alarming air pollution levels once again made headlines. In November, experts and doctors said even healthy people should not go for walks during early morning hours. Data showed that Delhi experiences extreme peaks of poor air quality when levels are eight to 10 higher than the safe limit.
National Green Tribunal, which was already hearing a petition against air pollution and its health impacts, swung into action immediately . On November 27, the bench headed by chairperson Swatanter Kumar ordered a complete ban on vehicles more than 15 years old in the city, no parking on tarred roads, and ban on open burning of plastic, leaves and other materials among others. It also asked the government to consider parking charge hike and congestion tax.
This year politicians harped a lot on how the Yamuna can be made "navigable" or whether a riverfront on the lines of the Sabarmati in Ahmedabad can be developed for the river.
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