Delhi’s Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena chaired a meeting to review issues pertaining to air pollution in the national Capital and asked officials to explore the possibility of installing rotating mist sprinklers on high-rise buildings in Delhi to curb air pollution.
At a meeting organised to review issues pertaining to air pollution, the LG asked agencies concerned to immediately start repairing, covering and carpeting of roads, pavements, footpaths and central verges.
This should be completed within a fixed time, he added. On earthen pavements, he said, suitable high-density soil-holding grass and shrub varieties should be used.
Dust from roads and construction and demolition activities account for 26 percent of the PM2.5 pollution in Delhi.
Saxena also directed the Environment Department to immediately provide sufficient funds to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi so that enough road cleaning machines could be purchased and put to use, a statement said.
