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Angered over the alarming rise inaft pollution levels In Whk,resfdents made themselves beard whenan November 2, they -flooded. theftne Minister's office OW1 wrthtelephone calls, leaving the officestaff bowthlered.'rhwults %were, inresponse to the 'FlIght to dean eircampaign! launched by the Centrefor Science and Environment (CSE) on November 1. The campaignmarks the smoodanolveriary of the,release of Slow murder, a study onair pollution by CSE.
some of the complained that they received a luke-worm response from PMO, which directed them to make enquiries about the air pollution status from the ministry- of environment and forest (MEP). The MEF eventually directed the calls back to CSE. A concerned citizen frota'-Jailtor called up CSE to say : "The PM'soffice was not at all helpful".
Undeterred, many of Delhi's citizens are, continuing their campaign. When asked about thePMO's response to the telephonecalls, a CSE reporter raceived ablunt answer:"Inquire from CSEwhich is giving-the information".