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  • Delhi BJP Chief Admitted To Hospital Days After Taking Dip In ‘Toxic’ Yamuna |

    Delhi BJP chief Virendra Sachdeva was admitted to the RML Nursing Home on Saturday with complaints of itching and breathing difficulties, two days after he took a dip in the heavily-polluted Yamuna to highlight the alleged failure of the AAP government to clean the river.

    On Thursday, Sachdeva took a dip in the Yamuna at the Chhath Ghat and slammed former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for his “failure” to fulfil his promise to clean the river by 2025.

    After taking the dip, Sachdeva faced skin rashes and slight discomfort in breathing for which he was examined at the RML Hospital where the doctors prescribed him medicines for three days.
    However, on Saturday morning, the BJP leader was admitted to the RML Nursing Home after he complained of itching and breathlessness.

    He doesn’t have any past history of similar problems, Delhi BJP media cell said in a statement.

    Wishing Sachdeva a speedy recovery, senior AAP leader and Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai said that BJP leaders should now realise that their “theatrics” will not clean the river.

    On Thursday, Sachdeva “apologised” to Yamuna for the AAP government’s “failure” in cleaning its water, promising to form a separate authority for its rejuvenation if the BJP wins the Assembly elections scheduled in Delhi next year.

    The politics over Yamuna intensified in Delhi after a layer of toxic froth appeared on the river surface due to heavy contents of pollutants, leading to a squabble between the ruling AAP and the opposition BJP.

    The war of words has become even more intense in view of the upcoming Chhath festival that is widely celebrated in Delhi-NCR by the Purvanchali people.

    Before the imposition of a ban, a large number of women used to gather along the banks of Yamuna during Chhath to worship the Sun god in knee-deep waters of the river.

    The AAP leaders have been claiming that the toxic froth in Yamuna at Kalindikunj has been caused by the release of millions of gallons of untreated industrial waste-water into the river from drains in Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, both BJP-ruled states.

  • “A day will come when there will be no petrol-diesel pumps”: Nitin Gadkari at NDTV-Dettol “Banega Swasth India” program

    New Delhi:

    Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari congratulated NDTV for the “Banega Swasth India” campaign. Gadkari has been associated with this program every time for the last few years. When the Union Minister was asked, how important is it to think about things like health, understand them and because you are in the government, make it the center point and work? On this he said that there are three important pillars of our society – Ethics, Economy and Ecological Environment. And due to air pollution, water pollution and noise pollution, our health is adversely affected. The government is bringing such a policy, which will help in reducing pollution.

    Referring to the ill effects of pollution, Nitin Gadkari said that when a study was done on pollution in cities like Delhi, it was found that due to this our life is being reduced by 10 years. Therefore, I suggest that the Swastha Bharat Abhiyan started by Mahatma Gandhi and Prime Minister Narendra Modi also took this campaign forward seriously, then we should create value in the waste. This time for 2nd October, we have resolved that we are launching a policy for the entire country to use the solid waste in road construction.

    Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, while sharing the Green Vision during NDTV-Dettol Banega Swasth India Season 10, said, “We are making every possible effort to reduce pollution. A day will come when there will be no petrol and diesel pumps. Instead, we will have ethanol pumps and charging stations for electric vehicles. LNG and CNG will be prepared from stubble. The Center has a project to generate ethanol from carbon dioxide. We will gradually reduce the waste and pollution generated. We can build a healthy nation by using technology to create value from the working elements.”

    Nitin Gadkari said that no material is useless and no person is useless. It depends on proper technology and leadership vision that you can convert waste into wealth.

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