Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Nov.13: Delhi’s Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal summoned an emergency meeting to assess the problem just minutes after the Supreme Court sought an emergency plan from the centre in response to the city’s terrible air quality, signalling the gravity of the crisis.
According to a Delhi government official, the meeting would be attended by Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, Health Minister Satyendar Jain, Environment Minister Gopal Rai, and the Chief Secretary.
The move came after the Supreme Court posed a series of difficult questions to the central government, including whether it was planning a two-day lockdown to address the deteriorating air quality.
The country’s top pollution control board had earlier on Friday instructed states and local governments to be “completely ready” for emergency measures to combat New Delhi’s deteriorating haze conditions due to a dip in temperature and wind speeds.
Due to crop stubble burning, transportation emissions, coal-fired plants outside the city and other industrial emissions, open waste burning, and dust, Delhi is frequently named as the world’s most polluted metropolis.
