Team News Riveting
New Delhi, November 20
Having lashed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the increasing pollution level, Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi finally decided to stay in Goa for a better environment for her health.
On Friday, she moved out of Delhi to stay in Panaji, Goa along with her son Rahul Gandhi after doctors advised her to shift out of the national capital for a few days to avoid the heavy pollution.
Sonia Gandhi, who is reportedly suffering from a chronic chest infection, was advised by her doctors to move to a warmer place until the air pollution in Delhi was back to normal levels. Besides two places – the outskirts of Chennai and Goa, Kerala was also identified for Sonia’s stay.
The BJP-ruled state of Goa was finally selected for her stay. Interestingly, on November 15, Congress had tweeted: “BJP threatens our environment.” The Congress party finalised the BJP-ruled state for Sonia’s stay as she required green and best environment for her health reasons.
Sonia Gandhi leaves for Goa as air quality index of Delhi continues to deteriorate
Delhi’s air quality continues to remain poor as the city’s pollution due to stubble burning in the surrounding region had increased by over 20 per cent. The government agencies had warned that the air quality may dip to the “very poor” category on Friday.
Delhi’s 24-hour average air quality index (AQI) was recorded at 283. The deteriorating air quality also seems to have played a part in aggravating the city’s COVID-19 outbreak, a disease involving grave respiratory complications.
Delhi is witnessing an inexorable surge in the coronavirus cases since the end of last month when, October 28, the daily number of fresh cases crossed the mark 5,000-mark and breached the 8,000-mark for the first time
