Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Nov 17: The Central government on Wednesday expressed its unwillingness before the Supreme Court to ask its employees to work from home. Instead, the Centre has advised to resort to carpooling to reduce the number of vehicles used by them for commuting.
The Centre through an affidavit point outs directives issued by the commission for air quality management for Delhi-NCR and adjoining areas that included a ban on entry of trucks in Delhi till November 21 except trucks carrying essential commodities, closure of thermal plants etc.
Regarding the option of work from home, the Centre submitted that in the recent past, several governmental functions were impacted due to the COVID-19 pandemic for substantially a long period of time which entailed pan India ramifications.
Notably on Tuesday, an ‘emergency meeting’ called by the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) in the National Capital Region and adjoining areas.
Meanwhile, Delhi’s Air quality continues to be in the ‘very poor’ category for the fourth consecutive day today, as per the System of Air Quality & Weather Forecasting & Research (SAFAR).
The Jahangirpuri area recorded AQI 454, which is the worst in the city. However, the overall Air Quality Index (AQI) reduced from 396 from Tuesday to 379 today.
