The Dean of Diplomatic Corps, representing the foreign diplomats stationed in India, will meet the joint secretary in the ministry of external affairs to convey their concern on the grave air pollution in Delhi that is ravaging the health of many of its members.
Distressed with Delhi's toxic air quality, and the laxity of the government in trying to curb the rising pollution levels, envoys have knocked on the doors of the Dean of Diplomatic Corps, Frank Hans바카라 웹사이트Dannenberg바카라 웹사이트Castellanos, to take up the issue with the Ministry of External Affairs.바카라 웹사이트
Castellanos will meet Chief of Protocol in MEA, Sanjay Verma and convey the grievances바카라 웹사이트of the envoys, and바카라 웹사이트would seek assurance that efforts바카라 웹사이트are being made바카라 웹사이트to바카라 웹사이트bring down바카라 웹사이트the air pollution.바카라 웹사이트
Delhi's 'filthy' air forced Costa Rica Ambassador바카라 웹사이트to India,바카라 웹사이트Mariela Cruz Alvarez to move to Bengaluru after she developing바카라 웹사이트respiratory illness in the city. She had called her stay here the 'worst experience of her life'.바카라 웹사이트 바카라 웹사이트
"My experience of filthy air in Delhi is the worst experience I have ever had in my life. My lungs hurt, can't breathe well. Feverish and fatigued. This is no fun and 20 millions of people are breathing that poison now up north, including some dear friends. The basic right to clean air is a Human Right. The Indian government needs to make radical decisions here in India NOW. Leadership is about taking care of the people.That is #1 priority," Alvarez wrote in her blog.바카라 웹사이트
Castellanos is meeting MEA officials today following lack of clarity on the measures being taken by the Centre in controlling Delhi air pollution, partly aggravated by stubble burning in Punjab and Haryana .바카라 웹사이트
As the smog enveloped the city,바카라 웹사이트 the central govt remained silent for most part of it, and only recently announcing the implementation of BS-VI emission fuel norms two years ahead of its schedule, in April 2018.바카라 웹사이트 And states like Haryana and Punjab traded barbs with Delhi government on Twitter.
It was mainly the National Green Tribunal, the Supreme Court-mandated green body바카라 웹사이트바카라 웹사이트EPCA and the Supreme Court itself that played the main role of smog-busters. They banned construction, shut down factories and industiral units, quadrapuled parking fees and banned entry of pollluting trucks into the city -- some of these measures now stand withdrwan following dip in pollution.
With the intervention of the Dean of Diplomatic Corps in the matter, the air pollution issue may gain more traction .바카라 웹사이트
Last time the Dean met the MEA was over cash crunch caused by demonetisation.바카라 웹사이트After the demonetisation of high denomination currency notes of Rs 500 and 1,000 last year,바카라 웹사이트 the government had placed a withdrawal cap of Rs 50,000 per week on business entities and foreign missions.바카라 웹사이트Castellanos, representing ove 150 missions in India, wrote a letter complaining that바카라 웹사이트the withdrawal ceiling was against the Vienna Convention, which seeks uninterrupted supply of facilities and resources to diplomatic missions. Soon after foreign secretary Jaishankar had met Castellanos.
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