The Bharatiya Janata Party-led government in Delhi has decided to install air purifiers in classrooms as air quality has worsened in the national capital. The state government will initially install air purifiers in 10,000 classrooms.
Delhi Education Minister Ashish Sood said the decision was taken to ensure clean air for the students. Talking to presspersons, the Delhi minister said there are over 30,000 classrooms in the national capital, and the air purifiers will be installed in a phased manner.
"There are 38,000 classrooms, and air purifiers will be installed in them in a phased manner. We want our children to study smart and also breathe smart air. In the first phase, air purifiers will be installed in 10,000 classrooms. Tenders have been floated today itself," Sood said.
The education minister said weather conditions in neighbouring states influenced the weather in Delhi. "We are committed towards the issue of eradicating pollution. I want to assure people of Delhi that we are taking all possible steps which will show their results on the ground very soon," Sood stressed.
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Taking a dig at the previous Aam Aadmi Party government over the pollution situation, the BJP leader said the state government is committed towards tackling the pollution challenge in a scientific manner. "We are not those who flaunt IIT degrees and do campaigns like Odd-Even or Gaadi On, Gaadi Off campaign. We are tackling the issue of pollution through long-term administrative measures," he said,
The AAP government introduced odd-even scheme to curb vehicular pollution in the national capital. The scheme aimed to curb vehicular pollution by restricting the movement of private vehicles based on the last digit of their registration numbers.
Sood added the Delhi government will also procure mechanical road sweepers for each of the assembly constituencies to curb pollution.
