When Amar Ujala revealed the fraud being done with the breath in Agra on Tuesday, the officers responsible for pollution control came into action. Went to see Sanjay Place Automatic Station in the morning itself. The regional officer of UPPCB inspected the pollution measuring instruments. The environmental engineer was instructed to remove the sprinkler, which was removed on Tuesday itself.
Dr. Vishwanath Sharma, Regional Officer of Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board, inspected the automatic station in the morning itself. He looked at the equipment installed on the roof and objected to the direction of the sprinklers and the water tank installed. He asked the environmental engineer to get it removed immediately.
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Spraying was done by 28 vehicles throughout the day
From morning till evening, sprinklers were run on the city streets and the dust accumulated on plants and roads was washed. Water was sprayed with the help of 12 big water tankers, 14 tempos and two tractor tankers. Along with washing the roads, the dust accumulated on the sides of the divider was removed with the road sweeping machine and water was sprayed. Washing of pots, footpaths and dividers continued throughout the day.
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UPPCB Regional Officer Dr. Vishwanath Sharma said that ‘I had inspected the automatic station. I was told that tanks and sprinklers were installed to provide water to the plants in the vertical garden installed on the wall. I have instructed them to remove all this.
Issue raised from X to social media
When Amar Ujala published this method to deal with air pollution in Agra, photos and videos of the news started circulating on social media from X, Facebook to Instagram. Lakhs of people commented on this and promoted the video. User Sachin Gupta wrote on X how pollution is controlled in UP. Due to artificial rain, the air quality appeared good for the instruments and the entire city remained clean on paper. People continuously commented on his post.
Questions raised on environmental engineer
The office of Environmental Engineer Pankaj Bhushan is also there at the place where the automatic station has been installed in the Municipal Corporation. He is also the nodal officer of the corporation for the Graded Response Action Plan, hence questions are being raised on his role. Their responsibilities are fixed in GRAP when AQI increases. Environmentalist Dr. Sharad Gupta said that he is demanding action from the TTZ Chairman in this matter.
