In a 15-page letter on Tuesday, December 23, Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena accused former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal of "unnecessarily bogging down" the 10-month BJP government and held him accountable for the city's air pollution. Saxena accused Kejriwal's government of ignoring the city during their 11-year rule. The Delhi L-G accused the AAP in his letter of continuously ignoring initiatives to reduce pollution and dust production in the city.
In his 15-page letter, the L-G accused the AAP chief of "unnecessarily bogging down" the 10-month BJP government and held him accountable for Delhi's air pollution. He said the BJP government was in fact “trying to do everything possible to undo your wrongs, for petty political gains.”
The main cause of the extreme air pollution in the nation's capital is the AAP government's inaction for the past 11 years. The Kejriwal administration only placed the blame on the Indian government and the Punjab government at the time. The L-G noted, "It never cared to take any action to curb dust generation, which is primarily responsible for air pollution in Delhi."
Arvind Kejriwal and his party, according to the L-G, have not learned from the party's humiliating setback in the Delhi elections.
He claimed that the AAP is still "indulging in petty politics and spreading lies over the critical issues concerning the people of Delhi."
Additionally, Saxena claimed that the AAP government stopped having weekly cabinet meetings. He added that the government's lack of consideration for the people of Delhi was demonstrated by the fact that important administrative and policy decisions were made by circulation, leaving no opportunity for debate or discussion.
Today's pollution in Delhi
On Tuesday morning, inhabitants of Delhi were exposed to very dangerous pollution as dense fog and haze covered the city, with AQI values exceeding 400 (severe category) at 27 monitoring sites and dipping into the "severe plus" range at numerous others.
As pollution levels continued to rise, the city's AQI at 9 a.m. today was 415, falling from the "very poor" category the day before.
27 of the 40 monitoring stations had severe air quality, with AQI values above 400, which are known to have detrimental effects on health.
The CPCB criteria state that an AQI between 0 and 50 is "good," between 51 and 100 is "satisfactory," between 101 and 200 is "moderate," between 201 and 300 is "poor," between 301 and 400 is "very poor," and between 401 and 500 is "severe."
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