Lucknow, November 17, : .The Yogi Adityanath government of Uttar Pradesh has taken steps to reduce the pollution level in the state.
However, it isn’t keen on creating a lockdown.According to the government spokesman, the chief minister has asked senior officials to promote public transport over private transport, especially in the national capital region (NCR) districts.
A government spokesperson stated that the chief minister asked top officials to encourage public transport to replace private transport in particular the NCR districts.
“The CM has asked for a planned action at a local level to deal with pollution levels, especially in areas like Noida and Ghaziabad which are adjoining Delhi where pollution levels are in the severe category.
The CM asked for a plan of action on a local level in order to reduce pollution, particularly in Noida and Ghaziabad areas that are adjacent to Delhi.These are the most affected by severe pollution.
In light of that, he said that people should be encouraged to use public transport,” said the government spokesperson.He stated that public transportation should be promoted in light of this.
He said that farmers are also being sensitised about crop burning and will be informed of the problem they will face due to increased air pollution.He stated that farmers have been educated about crop burning, and they will also be aware of the problems caused by increased pollution.
Additional chief secretary (environment), Manoj Kumar, said that during the meeting with the Supreme Court appointed committee, the government laid out the various steps it is already taking to control pollution levels and said that it is not in favour of a lockdown.Manoj Kumar (additional chief secretary for environment), stated that the government had presented the steps that the government is taking already to reduce pollution levels during the meeting.
He also said that the Supreme Court-appointed committee was not against a lockdown.
“The SC had specifically mentioned two issues on which deliberations were needed.
The SC specifically identified two matters on which further deliberations are required.One was a lockdown and the other was stubble burning.
The lockdown was one issue, while stubble burning was the other.UP is not in favour of a lockdown as it will impact our field officers who are tasked with enforcement work.
UP does not support a lockdown because it could impact the enforcement officers in our area.Whatever work they are doing right now will also stop.
They will be unable to continue doing the work that they have been doing.
“Meanwhile, we are taking other steps like sprinkling of water on medians, roads and trees, planting grass where paving has not taken place, impounding vehicles which are older than 10-15 years and cracking down on illegal disposal of construction waste,” he said.He said, “Meanwhile we’re taking additional steps such as watering medians and roads, planting grass wherever paving hasn’t taken place and impounding older vehicles that are more than 10 years old, and cracking down against illegal construction waste disposal.”
Meanwhile, a senior official said that UP had negligible stubble burning and chief secretary R.K.Tiwari had written to district magistrates to crack down entirely on stubble burning.During this time, a top official stated that UP was not known for stubble burning.R.K.Tiwari, chief secretary of the UP, had written to District Magistrates to ban stubble burning.
“The problem is that the wind velocity is negligible right now and will remain so till November 20.The problem with the wind speed is that it is very low right now, and will stay so until November 20.Because of this, there is no dispersal of particulate matter (PM), leading to high pollution levels.This means that there’s no dispersal or movement of particulate matter (PM), which leads to very high levels of pollution.
Despite that, UP is still only in the very poor category of air pollution,” the official said.The official stated that despite this, UP remains in the extremely poor category for air pollution.
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