Civil defence volunteers to be re-engaged for anti-pollution measures from this week: Delhi CM

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New Delhi, Delhi Chief Minister Atishi on Sunday announced that the deployment of 10,000 civil defence volunteers removed as bus marshals last year will begin in the next 2-4 days to assist various agencies fighting air pollution.CM..

The announcements come a day after the LG wrote to Atishi, saying despite his order to immediately reappoint the civil defence volunteers , he was yet to receive a proposal in this regard..

Around 10,000 CDVs working as marshals in public buses in Delhi were removed from their posts in November last year after objections were raised by the revenue and finance departments..

At the press meet, the Delhi chief minister said that in a meeting last week, the CDVs were already assigned for implementation of various anti-pollution measures undertaken by different agencies. ..

She hit out at the BJP whose Delhi unit president Virendra Sachdeva warned that the party would 'gherao' the chief minister if a proposal for the re-appointment of bus marshals was not sent to the LG by Sunday evening..

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