00:00Moving on to the national capital now, it's that time of the year.
00:03The festive lights are up, winter chill is beginning to set in
00:06and Delhi's familiar pollution nightmare is knocking on the door.
00:10After a brief spell of relief, the national capital is once again witnessing a spike in pollution levels.
00:16As per AQI.in, Delhi's pollution levels peaked at 216 in the morning hours today,
00:23which falls in the poor category.
00:25And the trend over the past five days has also been concerning.
00:28Delhi's peak AQI stood at 177 on October 16th before jumping to 216 on 17th of October,
00:39189 on the 18th of October, 191 back there on the 19th as well.
00:45And once again today touched 216 and remember this is right before the effigies have been burned.
00:52But this is not just about numbers on the screen.
00:54It is about the air that millions of Delhiites breathe every single day.
01:00It's about children going to school.
01:02It's about commuters spending hours on the road,
01:04senior citizens stepping out of their morning walks
01:07and also people with respiratory conditions already showing signs of concerns
01:12who are particularly vulnerable and landing up in hospital.
01:15And with the worst of the winter still ahead of us,
01:19the Delhi government has now unveiled today its pollution plan.
01:23They're calling it the Winter Pollution Plan.
01:26Now what exactly is that?
01:27The Winter Pollution Plan will be enforced from the 1st of November to the 28th of February
01:32with a series of measures targeting vehicular emissions, construction dust and also traffic congestion.
01:38First, the government is tightening the enforcement of the No-PUC, No-Fuel rule.
01:45Vehicles without valid pollution under control certificates will not be allowed to refuel at petrol pumps.
01:52Number two, under the Winter Pollution Plan,
01:55non-BS6 vehicles registered outside of Delhi will face an entry ban,
02:01with specified exemptions given to some.
02:04Number three, the government plans to deploy AI-powered cameras to monitor construction activity
02:11and identify dust control violations.
02:13Delhi government, in fact, has just unveiled an entire pollution control system
02:18and a monitoring system which is AI-powered at the DBCC headquarters,
02:22which is monitoring with live cameras if burning takes place.
02:26Number four in the plan is,
02:28The plan places emphasis on 50% of work from home for government and private offices
02:35aimed at reducing daily commuters traffic.
02:38Remember, it starts from the 1st of November.
02:41And fifth, the government wants to strengthen public transport by promoting buses.
02:45The Delhi Metro and Last Mile connectivity encourage more commuters
02:49to leave their private vehicles behind.
02:51The objective, we all know, is to curb emissions at their source,
02:55reduce congestion and prevent pollution from building up as the winter sets in.
03:01Listen in to what the Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said.
03:06The 1st of November, the 28th of February,
03:09our centre has made the whole winter action plan.
03:16We don't have to do the 1st of November from the BS6.
03:21The government has installed and used to drive more of the metro.
03:25The Metro and the roots have increased.
03:27The last mile connectivity has been working on the back.
03:29Also, we can go to the friend circle.
03:32There is banned construction, demolition, construction, 50% work from home.
03:40Whether it is the government sector or private sector, it will also be enforced.
03:44The office will also scatter the timing of the timing so that the traffic will reduce the traffic on roads.
03:51All right, Sushant, my colleague joins us for more details on this story.
03:54So, Sushant, now is the start of the Ravan Dhen.
03:58The number of customers is already gone.
04:00If you are standing in a petrol pump,
04:02then you can see a quick check that people have all the information about this winter action plan.
04:09Because from 1st November, the government has made a plan.
04:15Now, you will see how effective it is.
04:18And the implementation, which always has a weak point for the government,
04:21because they have not all controls.
04:24How much is it?
04:25How much is it?
04:29How much is it?
04:30So, what are the final questions you have to ask for the government?
04:39How much is it?
04:45How much is it?
04:47How much is it?
04:56foreign
05:18offices के अंदर timings जो है वो लगबख 50% के आसपास जो है वो जो workload है वो 50
05:23% के आसपास करें यानि 50% work from home 50% office इससे दिली के सड़कों पर ट्राफिक जो
05:29है वो कम होगा जिससे pollution का स्थर भी जो है वो कम होगा इसके लावा last mile connectivity यानि
05:36की नरेला बवाना जहां से लोग अपनी गाडियों
05:39से travel करकर के दिली सेंटल दिली के आसपास के इलाकों में पहुंसते है वो traffic भी दिली के अंदर
05:44ना है उसको लेकर के बसे की सेवा जो है वो सरकार शुरू करेगी ताकि लोग बसे का travel जो
05:50है वो करें अपनी गाडियों का इस्तमाल कम करें बेली सरकार का मकसद है कि जो fuel से ल�
06:07बात करी, government offices भी और private offices पर भी 50% work from home बोला है पर schools का
06:13कोई mention नहीं है बीच में ये बाचीत हो रही थी कि दिली में schools के जो summer vacation और
06:19winter vacation के timings है उसको थोड़ा change कर दिया जाए क्योंकि इतना जादा pollution vacation हो जाता है कि
06:26winter में जो holidays है उसका number बढ़ा दिया जाए और summer में कम कर दिया जाए
06:59उस पर कोई जानकारी मिल पाई है क्या?
07:00उनलाइन जो है वो जादा से जादा करें क्योंकि अगर जिस तरीके से pollution का लेवल बढ़ता है निशे तोर
07:05पर चोटे बच्चों को काफी जादा दिक्कत होती है और ऐसे में अगर जब दिक्कत होंगी तो उनकी classes भी
07:11छूटेंगे उनकी पढ़ाई का जो structure है वो भी काफी अ
07:15तक खराब होगा तो सरकार नहीं चाहती कि उनके exams पर या उनकी studies पर कोई असर पड़े तो कोशिश
07:20सरकार की रहेगी कि जादा से ज्यादा हो सके तो स्कूलों को hybrid mode पर जो है वो शुरू करने
07:25की बात की जाए यानि पांचवी तक की classes की जितनी भी classes होंगी उनको online किया जाए
07:31इसके लावा बड़े बच्चों की जो classes है जिसमें बोर्ड के एक्जाम खास तौर पर गिया जाए 9th and 11th,
07:3612th की जो बोर्ड के एक्जाम सोते है उन classes को offline जो है वो किया जाए इसकी भी तयारी
07:41सरकार की तरफ से जो है वो की गई है हाला कि winter action plan में इसका जिक्र नहीं है
07:45लेकिन
07:45सरकार time to time देखेगी कि अगर pollution का लेवर इसी तेजी के साथ बढ़ता है तो निश्यत तौर पर
07:50उस पर भी विचार जो है सरकार करेगी
07:52All right, Sushant, you're bringing us up to speed with that. Very happy the share are to you, Sushant. I
07:56hope you are carrying your N95 mask and ensure that if you go around the effigies you're wearing one as
08:02well. Thanks so much for joining us.
