00:00Delhi's pollution battle is gathering pace as the AQI climbs up.
00:04The air quality watchdog CAQM has reviewed stubble-burning control measures with Punjab and Haryana governments.
00:11The Commission for Air Quality Management has urged both states to strengthen enforcement
00:16and ensure effective crop residue management,
00:20warning that action on the ground is crucial to prevent farm fires.
00:24And after a stage one of GRAP was invoked across Delhi NCR,
00:29the Delhi Transport Association has urged the Delhi government to run a 15-day pilot
00:34before implementing vehicle curbs.
00:37The transport body wants the impact on air quality assessed scientifically,
00:42warning that restrictions could raise transportation costs and disrupt essential goods supplies.
00:49Delhi Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa, meanwhile,
00:52has called for citizens to join hands in the fight against pollution.
00:56He has urged people not to take polluting vehicles onto the road,
01:01curb construction activities and not burn garbage.
01:30And under construction, the DPC, which are the most important part of the DPC,
01:36which are the most important part of the DPC,
01:38which are the most important part of the DPC.
01:39It is very difficult for Delhi people to stay clean and clean,
01:43if the people of Delhi will give us the support of the DPC.
01:48And Anshul Singh is joining me live on this story.
01:53Anshul, every single year, the moment the temperature drops,
01:57the moment October comes towards an end,
02:00we see the same problem recurring.
02:03What can you tell us about the situation on the ground right now?
02:06What's the AQI level for Delhi right now?
02:09And what measures have already kicked in?
02:12Where are the problem areas?
02:14And what are the associations now saying?
02:20Well, the situation remains very, very bad for the people of Delhi NCR.
02:24The AQI in some parts of the national capital was above the 250 mark yesterday.
02:29Today as well, the AQI is oscillating between 230 to 280 in different parts of the national capital.
02:36So the AQI is currently in the poor category and will remain so.
02:40As the IMD has predicted that the wind conditions that are
02:44that are in and around the national capital at this point in time,
02:48the pollutants will continue to come in from the northern western part of the country
02:53and will continue to settle over the national capital due to its geographical location.
02:57There are restrictions that have been imposed specifically out here in Delhi.
03:01The Grap 1 restrictions have been imposed.
03:03The implementation on the ground is also that is being done.
03:07But the effect that we could have seen in the air quality of Delhi, that is somewhere missing.
03:15Apart from that, one of the main reasons yet again is being said to be the burning farm fires
03:22that happen in Punjab, specifically in the Amritsar Tarantaran build.
03:26This year itself, till today, more than 150 cases of farm fires have been registered in Punjab
03:34which is way more than what was registered last time around or last year.
03:39So yes, that is another massive issue due to which the pollution levels out here
03:43in the national capital is increasing.
03:45The Delhi government says that they are working to control the local sources of pollutions.
03:52But at this point in time, the effect of that is something that is still not seen.
03:57The AQI continues to remain in the poor category.
04:00And over the next few days, it could very well go in the very poor category
04:05and then eventually in the hazardous category as well.
04:08Great. Thank you very much for that.
04:10Anshul Singh there bringing us the data and what is happening on the ground.
04:14Thank you very much.
