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Delhi’s AQI Falls to 74, Lowest in a Decade, as CM Opens Jan Seva Kendras

Rekha Gupta framed the air-quality milestone as proof of her administration’s cleanup agenda alongside securing a court stay on an end-of-life vehicle ban.

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Overview

  • The city’s Air Quality Index fell to 74 on August 3, its lowest reading in ten years, and Gupta hailed the milestone as evidence of her government’s pollution-control success.
  • Gupta inaugurated Jan Seva Kendras in the Greater Kailash and Kalkaji constituencies to provide one-stop centres for information on state and central schemes and local grievance resolution.
  • Delhi secured a court-ordered stay on the proposed end-of-life vehicle ban until November 1 in response to public concerns about scrapping older cars.
  • Commercial establishments will be allowed to operate 24 hours a day and the licensing process will be simplified through a single-window system.
  • At the Kalkaji event, Gupta highlighted the symbolic power of women’s leadership and reiterated commitment to uninterrupted funding for ongoing development projects.