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Expressing interest over Delhi’s terrible pollution, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari acknowledged that the transport assemblage contributes astir 40% to emissions.
Speaking astatine the publication launch-‘My Idea of Nation First - Redefining Unalloyed Nationalism’ written by Uday Mahurkar, connected Tuesday (December 23, 2025), Mr. Gadkari said that helium develops infections aft surviving successful the nationalist superior for conscionable 2 days owed to polluted air.
“If determination is immoderate existent nationalism today, it lies successful reducing imports and expanding exports. I enactment successful Delhi for conscionable 2 days and ends up getting infections. Why is Delhi suffering truthful overmuch from pollution?” helium said.
“I americium the Transport Minister, and 40% of the contamination is caused by us,” Mr. Gadkari acknowledged.
The Transport Minister further questioned the logic of spending ₹22 lakh crore annually connected fossil substance imports, calling for greater self-reliance successful alternate and biofuels.
“We are spending ₹22 lakh crore connected importing fossil fuels. What benignant of nationalism is this? By spending truthful overmuch money, we are polluting our ain country. Can’t we go self-reliant successful alternate fuels and biofuels?” Nitin Gadkari asked.
Meanwhile, a heavy furniture of toxic smog engulfed parts of the nationalist superior connected Wednesday (December 24), with visuals emerging from the ITO country amid worsening aerial quality.
The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) has invoked each actions nether GRAP Stage-IV successful Delhi-NCR.
The Air Quality Index (AQI) astir the ITO country was recorded astatine 374, categorised arsenic ‘very poor’, according to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).
The absorption had demanded a treatment connected contamination successful Parliament. From Leader of Opposition successful Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi to Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi, the leaders person urged the Government to instrumentality the contented with much consciousness.
However, Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju said that the authorities wanted a treatment connected aerial pollution, but it could not instrumentality spot owed to the ruckus created by Congress and different absorption parties during the passing of Viksit Bharat- G RAM G Bill.
