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Delhi Education Minister Ashish Sood connected Friday (December 19, 2025) announced that air purifiers volition beryllium installed successful 10,000 classrooms to guarantee cleanable aerial for the students.
Addressing a property conference, Sood said that the authorities is committed towards tackling the occupation of contamination done semipermanent administrative reforms and argumentation measures.
"We are not those who flaunt IIT degrees and bash campaigns similar Odd-Even oregon Gaadi On, Gaadi Off campaign. We are tackling the contented of contamination done semipermanent administrative measures," helium said, taking a excavation astatine the erstwhile Aam Aadmi Party government.
The Odd-Even scheme, archetypal introduced by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) nether the enactment of then-Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, was implemented doubly successful 2016, from January 1 to 15 and again from April 15 to 30.
The strategy aimed to curb vehicular contamination by restricting the question of backstage vehicles based connected the past digit of their registration numbers.
According to Mr. Sood, determination are 38,000 classrooms, and aerial purifiers volition beryllium installed successful them successful a phased manner.
"We privation our children to survey astute and besides respire astute air. In the archetypal phase, aerial purifiers volition beryllium installed successful 10,000 classrooms. Tenders person been floated contiguous itself," helium added.
Official information shows determination are 1,047 authorities and government-aided schools.
The Minister, who besides holds the municipality improvement portfolio, said the Public Works Department, utilizing the situation cess, volition besides procure mechanical roadworthy sweepers for each of the assembly constituencies.
"Money is besides being provided to MCD for procuring mechanical roadworthy sweepers. The Aam Aadmi Party authorities did thing for MCD. Salaries were not released for sanitation workers. They were astatine the helm of MCD for 2 years. But what did they do?" helium asked.
Mr. Sood besides said Delhi is surrounded by states, and the upwind conditions determination find the weather.
"We are committed towards the contented of eradicating pollution. I privation to guarantee radical of Delhi that we are taking each imaginable steps which volition amusement their results connected the crushed precise soon," helium added.
