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New Delhi, Oct 12 (IANS) Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa on Sunday said Delhi has already recorded 199 clean air days this year – compared to 110 days in 2016 – which marks almost 100 per cent improvement and puts the city on track to have the cleanest air ever in 2025.
Sirsa attributed this change to the visionary leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and effective ground implementation by Chief Minister Rekha Gupta.
He said the momentum reflects an integrated, technology-supported strategy that translates policy into consistent, measurable execution across all seasons.
“This is not the result of coincidence or weather – it is the result of sustained, coordinated action. Under the leadership of CM Rekha Gupta, Delhi has shifted from paper-based promises to technology-based performance,” he said.
“From road dust control to landfill bio-mining, from mechanized cleaning to smog and tree plantation – work is happening 24×7. When intentions are clear and actions are coordinated, results are certain,” Sirsa said.
The minister said the city’s AQI on Sunday was 167, which is a significant improvement compared to Saturday.
This, he said, is the result of daily environmental vigilance across the capital – including dust control, waste management and constant monitoring of vehicular pollution.
Sirsa said, “Today every clean day in Delhi is earned through thousands of workers, engineers and officials working together under an accountability system. It is governance that works, not just making good-sounding promises.”
Enumerating various steps taken in the last 24 hours, Sirsa said garbage removed was 10,729 MT, roads cleaned was 6,414 km, construction and demolition garbage picked up was 2,172 MT and roads sprayed were 1,247 km and 605 KL of water.
He said that around 12,068 challans were issued as a result of vehicle pollution checks in the last 24 hours.
He said that during this period, the total bio-mining of old waste was 15,277 metric tonnes. In Bhalswa, 6,572 metric tonnes of garbage was processed, in Okhla, it was 3,970 metric tonnes and in Ghazipur, it was 4,734 metric tonnes.
Sirsa said the government’s winter preparedness plan is already active, with a focus on controlling road dust, ensuring mechanized cleaning, enforcing strict norms at construction sites and operating fog sprayers in hotspots.
“We are prepared for winter with a strong enforcement and monitoring system. Every ward is being monitored, anti-smog guns are operational in big construction projects and our landfill bio-mining teams are working in full swing,” he said.
He said Delhi’s 24×7 environment action plan – which includes road cleaning, anti-haze, green plantation drives and hotspot monitoring – has made pollution control not a seasonal campaign but a year-round mission.
“The change is visible, the data is undeniable and the momentum is unstoppable. Delhi is proving that sustained efforts, smart technology and collective determination can clean the air we breathe,” Sirsa said.
–IANS
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