Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Prakash Javadekar today said that BS-VI emission norms will be implemented across the country next year which will drastically reduce vehicular pollution.
In reply to supplementaries in the Lok Sabha, Mr Javadekar said, from next year, BS-VI compliant vehicles will be available and the move will help reduce 90 per cent vehicular pollution.
He said, due to the opening of the peripheral expressway in Delhi, over 60 thousand vehicles which earlier used to pass through the national capital are now going to their destinations without coming to Delhi.
Mr Javadekar also said the government has installed air pollutant monitor system in over 3500 industries.
He also said, he will hold a meeting of Chief Ministers of five states to address the issue of stubble burning which is also a cause of air pollution during the winter season.
He said air pollutant PM10 level has reduced by 16 per cent and PM2.5 by 15 per cent in the national capital because of the measures taken by the government to tackle the problem of air pollution.
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