Particulate Matter declines further in Delhi, NCR : Minister

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New Delhi : Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Dr Harsh Vardhansaid on November 15, 2017, said that on account of further measures taken by implementing agencies at ground level as directed by the Ministry and also due to improving weather conditions, the Particulate Matter (PM) levels in Delhi and NCR declined further as anticipated. The Particulate Matter level reached ‘Very Poor category’ at 4 pm on November 15 compared to ‘severe category’ on November 14.

Dr Harsh Vardhan added that all the measures and actions initiated by various agencies will be pursued vigorously and continued further. The Minister also said that the hotspots in the city have been already identified for local control measures including sprinkling of water, regulation of construction activities, dust mitigation, as well as other control measures. He added that a meeting with the agencies concerned is proposed on November 17 at CPCB to discuss the actions taken for local control of pollutants in the identified hotspots.

“The actions are being reviewed on a daily basis based on the reports of the field teams of CPCB deployed for getting feedback on the actions initiated by the implementing agencies and further follow-up is also taken,”the Minister said.