Delhi, a metropolis of about 2 crore folks, ranks because the world’s most polluted capital.

New Delhi:

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s efforts at cornering Prime Minister Narendra Modi over stunning ranges of air air pollution within the capital and remainder of north India earned him a pointy rebuke from the Union Environment Minister on Wednesday.

In a scathing assault on Mr Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Union Minister Bhupender Yadav blamed the celebration for turning the capital right into a “gas chamber” and accused it of a “scam”.

“As of today, Punjab, a state run by the AAP government, has seen an over 19% rise in farm fires over 2021. Haryana has seen a 30.6% drop. Just today, Punjab saw 3,634 fires. There is no doubt over who has turned Delhi into a gas chamber,” Mr Yadav tweeted.

Sample this: As of right now, Punjab, a state run by the AAP authorities, has seen an over 19% rise in farm fires over 2021. Haryana has seen a 30.6% drop.

Just right now, Punjab noticed 3,634 fires.

There is little question over who has turned Delhi right into a fuel chamber.

Wondering how? Read on… pic.twitter.com/Nh8fYN9gnf

— Bhupender Yadav (@byadavbjp) November 2, 2022

“Scam is where AAP is. In the last 5 years, the Central Government gave Rs 1,347 crore for crop residue management machines to Punjab. The state bought 1,20,000 machines. 11,275 of those machines have gone missing. Money utilisation shows clear incompetence,” he alleged.

“Last year, Rs 212 crore were left unspent. This year, the Central Govt gave Punjab Rs 280 crore for crop residue management machines. So about Rs 492 crore was available but the state govt chose to sit with the funds forcing helpless farmers to burn the crop residue,” the minister wrote.

“The Chief Minister of Punjab has failed to even provide relief to farmers in his own turf of Sangrur. Last year (Sept 15-Nov 2) farm fires in Sangrur stood at 1,266. This year they have shot up by 139% rising to 3,025,” Mr Yadav stated, focusing on Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann.

The minister’s fees adopted Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s inquiries to PM Modi over the problem.

“Pollution is a problem of entire North India. UP, Haryana, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh. The Air Quality Index (AQI) is almost equal everywhere. Did Delhi-Punjab spread pollution all over the country? Why is the PM not calling a meeting of all states on this?” he advised reporters.

Pollution पूरे North India की समस्या- UP, Haryana,Rajasthan, MP सब जगह AQI लगभग बराबर। क्या Delhi-Punjab ने पूरे देश में प्रदूषण फैलाया?

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-CM @ArvindKejriwalpic.twitter.com/LJL73DvLoy

— AAP (@AamAadmiParty) November 2, 2022

“The centre is not helping the farmers, only filing FIRs against them. They rejected our proposal on tackling stubble burning. There is only politics going on about this, no one is talking about the solution,” Mr Kejriwal added.

The change got here on a day when smoke from farm fires contributed to as much as 32 per cent of the tiny PM 2.5 lung-damaging pollution within the metropolis’s air – the best prior to now two years through the interval of mid-October to early November, in keeping with information from the Ministry of Earth Science.

PM 2.5 are fantastic particles which are 2.5 microns or much less in diameter and may journey deep into the respiratory tract, reaching the lungs and coming into the bloodstream.

The Commission for Air Quality Management had final week stated the elevated incidents of stubble burning in Punjab this 12 months “is a matter of serious concern”. Along with unfavourable meteorological situations, paddy straw burning in adjoining states is a serious cause behind the alarming spike in air air pollution ranges within the nationwide capital in October and November.

Farmers set their fields on fireplace to shortly clear off the crop residue earlier than cultivating wheat and greens.