10-day Clean Air Campaign launched in Delhi, 4 NCR cities

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New Delhi : An aggressive ten day Clean Air Campaign from November 1 to November 10, 2018, was launched in Delhi by Union Environment Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan. To monitor and report polluting activities as well as to ensure quick action, 52 teams were jointly flagged off by Dr Harsh Vardhan and the Minister from Government of Delhi. These teams will be visiting different parts of Delhi and adjacent towns of Faridabad, Gurugram, Ghaziabad and Noida.

The teams will comprise the local Sub Divisional Magistrate (SDM) as the team leader, senior official from Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) and representatives from Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) and Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC). While Delhi has 44 teams, the cities in NCR region namely Gurugram, Noida, Faridabad and Ghaziabad have two teams each.

Speaking at the flagging off ceremony Dr Harsh Vardhan said that active participation from all agencies concerned will be required to ensure that quick action is taken on the cases of violations reported by field teams. “In case of repeat violations, criminal proceedings against defaulters will also be initiated,” he added.

Stepping up on mitigation efforts, pilot project, Pariyayantra by a group of scientists from Manav Rachna Educational Institutions was also inaugurated on November 1 by the Union Minister wherein air enters the filters that are mounted on roof -tops of city buses and gets purified of particulate matter as these buses move. The pilot project has deployed 30 buses mounted with these devices, according to a PIB release.