Kiran Bedi urges PM Modi to intervene as Delhi air quality worsens
Bedi requests the PM to hold monthly meetings with CMs and Chief Secretaries of Delhi’s neighbouring states to review progress on tackling pollution
Kiran Bedi on Friday (November 28) appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging him to step in as Delhi continues to grapple with worsening air pollution.
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Her remarks come amid declining air quality across several parts of the national capital region (NCR).
Kiran Bedi urges PM to monitor pollution
Taking to X, the former IPS officer asked the prime minister to raise the issue in his Mann Ki Baat address and referred to his “effective” Zoom review meetings with officials during her tenure as Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry.
“Sir, please forgive me for pleading again. But I witnessed your very effective Zoom sessions during my time in Puducherry. How you got everybody to deliver and perform time-bound in several national challenges. How everyone was inspired to meet the deadlines and the goals," a part of her post read.
Bedi urged the prime minister to hold regular virtual meetings, every month, with Chief Ministers and Chief Secretaries of Delhi’s neighbouring states to review progress on tackling pollution.
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“It will give us hope because we will know it is under your oversight. People will heave a sigh of relief,” she wrote.
Calls to highlight issue in Mann Ki Baat
She further appealed to PM Modi to highlight the issue in his Mann Ki Baat broadcast, to reach people across age groups and explain how they can contribute to reducing pollution. “Delhi was waiting for a ‘double engine’ in this respect too, to undo the damage done over the last ten years,” she added.
With pollution concerns mounting, Bedi has been actively using her X account to amplify messages on air quality.
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She called for greater cooperation between states and officials, saying pollution was not accidental but an “outcome of decades without true coordination in governance”.