'Red Light On, Gaadi Off': Kejriwal's New Campaign To Cut Down Delhi-NCR Air Pollution; Know All About It

Fake TV Ratings Case: BARC Decides To Pause Television Rating Point For 12 Weeks For News Channels While waiting on a traffic signal, we must switch our vehicles off. Launching another initiative to tackle air pollution in Delhi | LIVE https://t.co/CCNIdHgbHJ — Arvind Kejriwal October 15, 2020 Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, on Thursday, announced another initiative called 'Red Light On, Gaadi Off' campaign to tackle the problem of air pollution in the national capital.Kejriwal began his address by talking about how ahead of the winter season, stubble burning in neighbouring states contributes to the air pollution levels in Delhi, expressing worry over the pollution within the villages where farmers are "compelled" to burn the leftover stubble in their fields. Mentioning certain measures already taken such as the Anti-dust campaign, encouraging the use of bio-decomposer for farm stubble in Delhi, electrical vehicle policy, and transplantation policy, the Delhi CM began elaborating the new initiative.As the title 'Red Light On, Gaadi Off' suggests, the campaign urges people to turn off their car engines when they stop the vehicle at a red light. If 30-40 lakh vehicles come on the road every day and keep idling at traffic signals, imagine the amount of air pollution caused," Arvind Kejriwal said. They further revealed that a minute of idling at red light consumes more fuel that while we are driving," the CM added.He highlighted the benefits of this step in not just reducing pollution level but also how it can help car owners save money as according to him, they can save about Rs 7,000 annually in terms of spend on fuel by adopting this step.