In the wake of deteriorating air quality, Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai said the city government will launch a mega anti-air pollution campaign on Monday.

“Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will launch a mega anti-air pollution campaign after a meeting with officials from departments of environment, transport, development, PWD, Delhi Development Authority, Delhi Jal Board, traffic police and municipal corporations,” he tweeted.

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The initiative comes at a time when many places in the national capital have recorded an Air Quality Index (AQI) of around 200. On Saturday, Rohini and Jahangirpuri areas recorded the average air quality index (AQI) at 206 and 230, that fall into a ‘poor’ category, according to Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) data.

Meanwhile, Rai said he has requested the Centre and the neighbouring states to use the chemical developed by scientists at Indian Agricultural Research Institute here to manage stubble, adding that ” a centre is being set up in Najafgarh to produce a chemical to deal with stubble burning.”

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Earlier in a meeting, the Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar had directed the Delhi government to focus on the 13 pollution hotspots in the city.

50 teams of the Central Pollution Control Board will be deployed in Delhi-NCR region to take appropriate action this year, the Union minister had said.