Delhi CM recommends to LG suspension of DPCC chief for “halting govt’s efforts to control pollution”

The Fact News Service

New Delhi, November 8

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday recommended the immediate suspension of the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) Chairman Ashwani Kumar to the Lieutenant Governor, in a move to expedite action on bureaucracy obstructing the government’s efforts to fight rising pollution.

Earlier, Environment Minister Gopal Rai suggested immediate suspension of the DPCC Chairman over his persistent insubordination and laxity against public interest.

The Environment Minister stated that the DPCC Chairman Ashwani Kumar suo-moto halted the payment of the IIT Kanpur’s Real Time Source Apportionment study on tackling pollution in the national capital.This was in violation of the decision by the Council of Ministers.

In another matter, Rai said that the DPCC Chairman Ashwani Kumar Suo-moto ordered the stopping of the functioning of smog towers in violation of the decision of the SC and the Council of Ministers.

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