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NEW DELHI: Police connected Sunday detained 15 radical protesting against Delhi’s worsening contamination astatine C Hexagon aft they allegedly refused to disperse. A elder serviceman said the protesters utilized capsicum spray connected personnel, triggering a little scuffle. Three to 4 policemen suffered irritation from the spray and were taken to hospital.
Police said ineligible enactment volition beryllium taken against those involved."Some of the protesters had entered the C-hexagon and attempted to transverse the barricades enactment up to restrict movement. We tried to explicate to them that galore ambulances and aesculapian unit were stuck down them and required exigency access, but they got precise agitated," the elder serviceman said.The constabulary unit sensed the concern could escalate to a scuffle and advised the protesters to measurement back."They refused, broke the barricade, came onto the road, and sat there. When our teams were trying to region them, immoderate of the protestors attacked constabulary unit utilizing chilli spray. Three to 4 unit sustained injuries and are undergoing treatment," the serviceman said.The protestors were subsequently removed from the C-hexagon to debar postulation disruption.
"This was precise unusual. For the archetypal time, protestors utilized chilli spray connected officers managing postulation and instrumentality and order," lawman commissioner of constabulary (New Delhi) Devesh Kumar Mahla told PTI.Earlier, connected November 9, respective radical were besides detained aft they gathered astatine India Gate arsenic portion of a “clean aerial protest,” demanding urgent authorities enactment and strict policies to tackle what they called an “air emergency.”Some women adjacent brought their children, holding nebulisers and aesculapian prescriptions, to the tract — symbolic reminders of the contamination situation that has choked the city.Some took to societal media, sharing visuals of radical being herded into constabulary buses. A station connected X read: "India Gate clean-air protest. We are being taken away, shoved into a bus". A fewer protesters alleged that they were manhandled and immoderate children besides detained, but constabulary denied some claims.In a property statement, the protesters demanded "urgent, accountable and transparent action" from Delhi govt to tackle the crisis. They called for the instauration of an autarkic aerial regulator, real-time aerial prime information transparency, wide wellness advisories during contamination spikes and nationalist accountability for funds to tackle pollution.Delhi AQI todayDelhi woke up to dense smog connected Monday, and Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) information indicates that the AQI has crossed the 400 people successful respective areas, including Akshardham, ITO and Ghazipur, placing it successful the ‘severe’ category.Water sprinklers were deployed arsenic authorities attempted to tame the heavy smog enveloping the area.Meanwhile connected Sunday, Bawana recorded the highest AQI level of 435 astatine 7 am, falling nether the 'severe' category. In contrast, NSIT Dwarka recorded the lowest AQI of 313, according to the information by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).A furniture of toxic smog lingers successful the aerial of Anand Vihar, arsenic the Central Pollution Control Board reported that the Air Quality Index successful the country is 429, categorised arsenic 'very poor'.Chandani Chowk recorded an AQI of 390, RK Puram 397, ITO 384, Punjabi Bagh 411, Patparganj 401, Pusa 360, and Dwaraka Sector-8 386.(With bureau inputs)
