As air gets deadlier, Gurugram residents launch 'Mujhe jeene do' campaign

Gurugram: Already facing the brunt of inhaling poisonous and unhealthy air, Wednesday proved to bring in more bad news for the residents of Gurugram with air quality levels reaching severe category for the second consecutive day.

The air quality index recorded in Gurugram was at 420 -450 micrograms per cubic meter.

Worried over the quality of air certain citizen groups of Gurugram are undertaking the campaign "Mujhe jeene do" (let me live). Under this campaign, the citizens plan to bring to the notice of the government and the district administration of the various measures that are causing pollution in the city.

Some of the major factors that are causing the pollution in the city cited by the residents to include burning of waste in the open, construction waste, vehicular pollution and large movement of diesel autos

An the event was held on November 9 in which the residents discussed the harmful aspects of burning waste in the open and the failure of the administration to curtail the menace.

The citizens have also brought to the notice of the government on the inability of the administration to stop the movement of diesel autos. It is estimated that there are over 10,000 autos that are plying in the city.

This is not for the first time when citizens have taken a proactive step in the environmental matters of the city. In what can be considered in the first, of its initiative the residents of Gurugram invented Raahgiri in which two hours of every Sunday in a prominent street of the city were only reserved for walkers.

This concept used to be first held only at Galleria Market but subsequently, due to the active participation of the residents, it also began to be held in other parts of the city.

In times when the forest of Aravallis is in danger of getting lost due to urbanisation most of the residents have come on the streets and shown their dissent. They have also gone forward and file petitions in the judiciary that has prevented the state government to not take any extreme step.

Most of the condominium, societies have also begun taking steps to make themselves secure from the deadly impact of pollution.

The residents of Mapsko Casabella society contracted the few men for water sprinkling through hose pipes in their society.

There are now plans for these forms of initiatives to be also undertaken in other residential societies.