New Delhi, Sep 12 (Agency) Delhi government on Tuesday organised ‘Environmental Expert Meet’ at Delhi Secretariat to improve the environment and winter action plan. Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai said that separate action plans will be made for 13 hotspots to reduce pollution and improve air quality. In this ‘Environmental Expert Meet’ the main points of the Winter Action Plan were discussed. Experts from IIT Kanpur presented a presentation on artificial rain at the meet. Winter Action Plan will be prepared on the suggestions by officers and representatives of various departments and institutions. The main objective of this meeting is to make the winter action plan more effective with the suggestions given by the experts, Rao added.
Experts of IIT Kanpur presented a presentation on the matter of artificial rain, this includes all the facets of the technology such implementation, financial burden etc. Instructions have been given to Kanpur IIT to prepare a detailed presentation keeping in mind all the aspects of artificial rain in Delhi, Rai added. Experts have also advised that separate action plans should be made at all these hot spots to reduce pollution. Separate Winter Action Plan will help in tackling the issues comprehensively because they have different causes of pollution. The DPCC (Delhi Pollution Control Committee) team will continuously monitor the hotspot, he said. “It has been decided to hold a joint meeting with all 28 of these departments. Based on the key points outlined in the Winter Action Plan, specific responsibilities will be given to various departments during the meeting scheduled on 14th September,” Rai said.