In its bid to bring down air pollution level in the city, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Government will hold a meeting on Monday to discuss action plans of municipal bodies, Delhi Pollution Control Committee, DDA, and Revenue and PWD departments to stop burning of garbage, . All these agencies have been directed to submit their action plans so that a road map can be drawn for strict compliance of the NGT orders to bring down air pollution in the city. The meeting will be chaired by PWD Minister Satyendra Jain and Environment Minister Imran Hussain.
In the previous meeting, the Revenue Department officials had said that they had issued 392 challans after visiting 558 sites to check dust control measures. Of a total Rs 1.31 crore amount of penalities imposed, the department had collected Rs 47.95 lakh. The East Delhi Municipal Corporation(EDMC) had issued 440 challans, the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) had challaned 720 and East Delhi Municipal corporation (EDMC) 227.
For burning of waste and other material, the Revenue Department had issued 66 challans, EDMC had fined 191 people, SDMC had challaned 11 and North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NMC) had fined 15 people. The Government had reportedly expressed its unhappiness over the DDA for not submitting its action taken report.
A source said that DPCC has constituted 12 teams to tract construction material lying on the road sides. Any violation noticed is immediately forwarded to the concerned SDMs, PWD and corporations for prompt action. It is the road owning agency which is responsible for taking action against the violators. The officers have also been told to upload pictures of the construction material lying on the road side on the Swatch Delhi Application.
Reports suggest that the inspections carried out by the DPCC at various Delhi Metro Rail Corporation sites revealed violations at 14 sites. The DPCC is said to have imposed a fine of Rs50,000 on the DRMC for dust emissions at its various construction sites.
A senior officer said that the municipal bodies have also been directed to write to persons or agencies to whom sanction of building plan have been issued in the past two years to ensure dust control measures were in place at their respective construction sites. The SDMC is said to have issued 648 letters, NDMC has issued 324 latter and EDMC has sent communication to 449 people.