Residents protest against rising level of air pollution in Ghaziabad

Hundreds of residents along with office bearers of various RWAs and apartment owners association on Tuesday staged a protest outside the collectorate's office here against rising levels of air pollution in the city and handed over a memorandum to the District Magistrate addressed in the name of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister.

Addressing the protestors, RWA President Col (retd) TPS Tyagi said that air pollution in Ghaziabad has reached a danger level of 2.5 PM (particulate matter) suspended in air and the residents are forced to inhale the air pollutants resulting in various types of chest infections.

"The state government must ponder over operation of CNG buses in the city to get rid of soaring air pollution levels," Tyagi added. Pollution control board officers are not paying heed towards rising pollution levels in the city, an office-bearer of the RWA said. Members of various RWAs from Indirapuram, Vasundhara, Vijay Nagar, and Kavi Nagar participated in the protest. 

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