Pollution control: Capital has nobody to check vehicular emissions
Source: Hindustan Times, Date: , 2015
In an attempts to
curb the soaring pollution in Delhi, the green tribunal in November ordered all
vehicles- 15 years and older- off its streets. But an internal assessment by
the transport department has revealed that all 70 posts tasked with checking
vehicular emissions lie vacant — which may just render the court’s order
redundant. Exhaust from vehicles accounts for 70% of air toxicity in the
Capital, where pollution levels exceed World Health Organisation limits,
according to a recent admission in Parliament by the NDA government.