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The second session of the 8th Delhi Legislative Assembly concluded last week.

- SIDHARTH MISHRA Author and president, Centre for Reforms, Development & Justice

Like the inaugural session, the Budget session too saw large transaction of legislative business. This augurs well for the city and a pleasant departure from what one witnessed during the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government regime, when the floor of the house was reduced to the status of a platform for abusing ruling party's political rivals.

While a large portion of the legislative business during the Budget session was consumed by the presentation of the Annual Financial Bill and the passage of the grant proposals, the session concluded on a very disquieting note, to say the least, with the presentation of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report on the state of pollution in the city. The report suggested that the citizens were forced to breathe poisonous air for days amounting to more than two and a half years during the past five years.

According to the report, vehicular emissions, industrial pollution, construction dust, and stubble burning were the primary contributors to Delhi's deteriorating air quality. Of the four factors, three could have been well handled by the previous AAP government without putting the blame on anybody.