New Delhi: Fans of Lok Sabha MP and former cricketer Gautam Gambhir slammed him for enjoying ‘jalebi’ in Indore over a high-level meeting called to address the alarming rise in air pollution levels in Delhi.
Responding to the allegations, Gambhir said that his work will speak for himself as he took to Twitter to list out a slew of projects, in the field of garbage management, education and hygiene, being undertaken in his constituency.
*Delhi is Choking
*Gautam ; So what 🙀 #ShameOnGautamGambhir pic.twitter.com/nptv78s9ti— Amandeep Pillania (@APillania) November 15, 2019
Work INDEED speaks for itself!
This is Gautam Gambhirs' commitment to his constituency.
This is the situation of garbage and waste management in East Delhi Constituency which comes under BJP ruled MCD and whose MP is @GautamGambhir #ShameOnGautamGambhir pic.twitter.com/BQGIfQNHzW
— AAP (@AamAadmiParty) November 15, 2019
On the issue of pollution, he said, “We are also in talks to install giant air purifiers with cutting-edge technology across the constituency, which will substantially reduce pollution. The pilot version will be installed within the next few weeks.”
The meeting of the Parliamentary Standing Committee had to be cancelled at the last minute as most of the officials summoned did not turn up.
तेरा बाप क्या कर रहा है?
और तेरा चाचा #मनोज तिवारी दीवाली पर पटाखे छोड़ रहा था। तेरे मालिक गौतम गंभीर पोहा खा रहे हैं। मीटिंग se गायब क्यों #ShameOnGautamGambhir
सारी दुनिया की जिम्मेदारी केजरीवाल पर और तेरा बाप ब्राजील घूमे। https://t.co/omEtPwCRWO pic.twitter.com/cqPx2aYUOC— ALOKDELHI6🇮🇳 (@ALOKdelhi6) November 15, 2019
नाम चलबई बाई@GautamGambhir #ShameOnGautamGambhir https://t.co/TMOPfKoGih
— फखरुद्दीन अंसारी🗨️ (@madeforeach) November 15, 2019
Three commissioners of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), vice-chairman of the Delhi Development Authority (DDA), and secretary/joint secretary of the Ministry of Environment did not attend the meeting. DDA officials and municipal chairpersons also failed to turn up. A total of 21 Lok Sabha members and eight Rajya Sabha members were asked to attend the meet of which only four — chairperson Jagdambika Pal, Hasnain Masoodi, CR Patil and Sanjay Singh — turned up.
The questions that the members were planning to raise included: As there are about 50 lakh cars on the roads in Delhi, is the government coming up with any sort of car-pool policy or regulation?
So concern about air pollution.
How dare you?#ShameOnGautamGambhir pic.twitter.com/b1japzFfsv— alagumurugan (@alagumu84878138) November 15, 2019
Another question was that as per estimates of the Union Government, the Centre provided Rs 1,150 crore to the states over the last year to combat air pollution, along with 14,000 machines. Does the government have a quantitative and qualitative utilisation report of the money disbursed?
The third question that was to be raised pertained to the Supreme Court’s recent observation that everybody, ranging from the secretary to the gram pradhan, will be held responsible for losses due to air pollution. Does the government, in this regard, intend to define and fix responsibility through an internal mechanism?
The national capital is battling alarming levels of air pollution for the past few weeks. The air quality further deteriorated in the last four days, forcing authorities to shut schools for two days until Saturday