North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NMC) has sealed more than 100 units in last one week for violating norms and dealing in plastic waste.

A senior NMC official said these units were engaged in plastic waste trade and being run illegally and causing air pollution by emitting poisonous gases.

The action was taken by the zonal officials in villages such as Tikri Kalan, Mundka, Hirankudna, Neelwal, Nangloi, Kamruddin Nagar, Nilothi, Ghewra, Savdha and Madanpur Dabas where these units were found violating the laid down norms, he said.

The civic body also recovered and lifted more than 9,000 metric tons of plastic waste that were sent to ‘Waste to

Energy plant’ situated at Narela-Bawana for further processing.

The official added action against defaulting units was taken to contain the pollution level.

The Corporation has also issued an advisory to factory’s owners requesting them to follow the norms and regulate their waste as per the provisions of the rules and guidelines issued by Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).

The official said the Delhi State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (DSIIDC) has provided a list of such polluting units running in residential areas. There are over 10,000 such units operating from such areas and action was taken after a list of these units were provided by the DSIIDC, he said.

The official further said that in an intensive survey carried out in different residential areas by the north corporations, thousands of polluting and non- polluting units for producing plastic bags, rubber or chemicals and others found running in non-conforming areas such as Karol Bagh, Mundka, Kamruddin Nagar, Nilothi, Swarn Park and Tikri Kalan. Action has been taken against many of them and the remaining would be sealed soon, he said.

In a similar action, the civic body had sealed 516 factories in November last year for running illegally and polluting the air by emitting poisonous gases and violating various others laid-down norms.