‘Kejriwal govt didn’t do anything’: Bearing brunt of AAP’s wrongdoings, says Parvesh Verma; Delhi AQI in 'severe'

NEW DELHI: Delhi curate Parvesh Verma connected Thursday acknowledged that toxic aerial has go a superior menace for the nationalist capital, portion squarely blaming erstwhile main curate Arvind Kejriwal and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for what helium described arsenic years of inaction connected contamination control.“We judge that toxic aerial is simply a large menace,” Verma said, alleging that the erstwhile AAP authorities failed to instrumentality factual steps to code the situation and was present indulging successful “drama” implicit pollution. He said the radical of Delhi were bearing the brunt of what helium called AAP’s “wrongdoing” and administrative apathy.His remarks came arsenic stricter pollution-control measures kicked successful crossed the metropolis nether GRAP-IV. From Thursday, the introduction of non-Delhi backstage vehicles that bash not conscionable BS-VI emanation standards has been banned, on with the enforcement of the ‘No PUC, No Fuel’ regularisation astatine petrol pumps.Fuel stations person stopped dispensing substance to vehicles without valid Pollution Under Control (PUC) certificates. The regularisation is being enforced utilizing automatic fig sheet designation (ANPR) cameras, dependable alerts astatine substance stations, and constabulary support.Officials said astir 580 constabulary unit person been deployed astatine 126 checkpoints, including Delhi’s borderline points, to guarantee compliance. Transport section enforcement teams person besides been stationed astatine petrol pumps and introduction points to fortify implementation.

The introduction ban, however, does not use to CNG- and electric-powered vehicles, nationalist transport, oregon vehicles carrying indispensable commodities oregon providing indispensable services. Vehicles transporting operation worldly person besides been barred from entering the metropolis arsenic portion of GRAP-IV restrictions.Verma said the existent authorities is taking steadfast steps to tackle pollution, dissimilar the erstwhile regime, which helium accused of ignoring the occupation until it reached situation levels.Veer Jain, a DTC (Delhi Transport Corporation) employee, says, "As per the orders received from the Delhi Govt, vehicles without PUC volition not beryllium fixed fuel. We person to cheque the documents for each vehicles and archer the petrol pump unit not to springiness substance to the defaulters. The bid volition stay successful effect till the adjacent order."