CM Ashok Gehlot Expressed Concern over Increasing Pollution

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has expressed concern over the health emergency in Delhi by tweeting.
CM Ashok Gehlot Expressed Concern over Increasing Pollution

Despite the Implementation of health emergency due to increasing pollution in Delhi and NCR, stone formation and hot mix plants in Alwar and Bharatpur districts of Rajasthan have not been closed yet. Both Alwar and Bharatpur are included in the NCR. After receiving the message from the Pollution Control Authority, the Pollution Control Board of Rajasthan Government has issued orders to close the stone crusher and hot mix plant by November 5. But in both the districts, these plants have not been closed yet.

Crusher and polluting units have not been closed in Alwar district. The reasoning of the district administration behind this is that a committee has been formed to survey the polluting companies and crushers. After receiving the report of the committee, companies and crushers causing pollution will be closed. At the same time, brick kilns in Bharatpur have not been closed yet, while they cause severe pollution. Here, the crusher is operational till Sunday.

On the other hand, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has expressed concern over the health emergency in Delhi by tweeting on Sunday. In his tweet, he wrote that the rising level of pollution in neighboring states including Delhi and Rajasthan is a matter of grave concern. People have been suffering for a long time, especially children and the elderly. Today there is a health emergency, which the Delhi government alone cannot resolve. The central government should take some steps in this direction soon. The impact of air pollution was seen in Jaipur, Alwar, Dausa, Bharatpur and Jhunjhunu districts of the state.

The State Pollution Board has issued instructions to shut down the crushers and iron smelting companies which are spreading pollution in Alwar and Bharatpur. Mandal chairman and senior IAS officer PK Goel has asked to immediately execute the order in view of the pollution situation in NCR. Mandal gave instructions to close more than 250 stone creations and hot mix plants in Alwar and Bharatpur districts, but the district administration is still waiting for the report of the committee. Pollution is continuously spreading to dangerous levels in the district including Delhi NCR. Bhiwadi in Alwar district is included in the list of top five most polluted cities in the country. In Bhiwadi industrial area, orders to close about 125 industries using coal and other fuels have not yet come into effect.

It is worth mentioning that on Monday, the Supreme Court will hear on issues like EPCA report on pollution and burning stubble. Alwar District Collector Indrajit Singh said that a committee has been formed after receiving the letter of the State Pollution Board. After the report of the committee, action will be taken against the polluting institutions.

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