Delhi pollution rose alarmingly on Friday. (Express photo by Prem Nath Pandey)Daily News Live: Two days after Diwali, Delhi’s air quality remains ‘severe’. PM10 and PM2.5 levels remained high at various stations last night, and dropped this morning.
A week after 26 people, a majority affiliated with right-wing outfits, were arrested for attempting to disrupt Friday namaz in Gurgaon’s Sector 12A, a group of 22 local right-wing outfits Friday held a Govardhan puja at the same site. Organised by the Sanyukt Hindu Sangharsh Samiti, it was attended by BJP’s Kapil Mishra, Vishwa Hindu Parishad’s international joint general secretary Surendra Jain, and Haryana BJP spokesperson Suraj Pal Amu.
Delhi on Friday recorded zero death due to Covid-19 and 32 fresh cases with a positivity rate of 0.14 per cent, according to data shared by the city health department. The number of cumulative cases stood at 14,40,035, while the death toll from the pandemic stood at 25,091 in Delhi. On Thursday, 40 cases were recorded with a positivity rate of 0.08 per cent.
Meanwhile, of the 13 pollution hotspots in Delhi that were identified by the Central Pollution Control Board a few years ago, Jahangirpuri recorded the highest PM 10 and PM 2.5 levels on Diwali day, according to an analysis by the Delhi Pollution Control Committee.
Delhi’s air turned severely polluted the morning after Diwali, with the city having witnessed bursting of firecrackers despite the ban. Levels of pollutants rose sharply from Thursday night onwards, data from the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) indicates. (PTI)
A week after 26 people, a majority affiliated with right-wing outfits, were arrested for attempting to disrupt Friday namaz in Gurgaon’s Sector 12A, a group of 22 local right-wing outfits Friday held a Govardhan puja at the same site. Organised by the Sanyukt Hindu Sangharsh Samiti, it was attended by BJP’s Kapil Mishra, Vishwa Hindu Parishad’s international joint general secretary Surendra Jain, and Haryana BJP spokesperson Suraj Pal Amu.
Said Mishra: “Do not use roads for your politics. We saw it in Shaheen Bagh. They had done tamasha by blocking roads. What happened? Has CAA been revoked? Arteries and nerves, if blocked, stop the body’s movements. Similarly, if roads are blocked, the city and country stop.” Read the full report here.
The Centre on Friday said that at present, there is no proposal to extend the provision of free foodgrain via the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) to ration card holders, in view of the recovery in the economy and good disposal of foodgrains under the open market sale scheme (OMSS) policy.
Initially, the additional free benefit of 5 kg foodgrain under the PMGKAY scheme was provided for three months (April-June 2020) to address the distress caused by the pandemic. However, with the crisis continuing, the programme was extended for another five months (July-November 2020).
After the onset of the second wave of the pandemic, the scheme was once again rolled out for a period of two months (May-June 2021), which was further extended for five months (July-November 2021). Read the full report here.