In order to tackle the severe pollution in the national Capital, South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) has intensified its action against the violator of burning of solid waste, garbage, dry leaves, plastic, rubber and indulge in construction activities.
The civic body has already issued 135 challans and collected Rs 7 lakh as fine for the same. Also, 233 challans have also been issued against defaulters of construction activities and collected Rs 116.50 lakh. A senior SDMC official said apart from this, water sprinkling is also being done on a large scale for cleaning and appropriately washing of the roads to settle down dust. “SDMC has deployed 14 departmental vehicles, seven tractors loaded with water tanker, 15 mechanical road sweepers, 890 knapsacks, 15 motorised pump, and three power spray tankers for the purpose,” he said.
The SDMC will continue action against burning of leaves and construction activities to mitigate effect of dangerous level of pollution in order to save the citizens from suffocation and respiratory diseases.