Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Wednesday reviewed a meeting with environment and forest officials and directed to expedite work on several projects focusing recently notified Tree Transplantation Policy (TTP ) which includes setting up a dedicated tree transplantation cell.
Sisodia directed the Forest Department to initiate the process of empanelment of agencies that have the technical skills and experience of tree transplantation, and to conclude the same in time bound manner.
Delhi Government under its campaign “Yudh Pradushan Key Virudh” has taken several steps to control dust pollution. Along the same lines, Delhi Pollution Control Committee has been working on formulating new dust pollution control norms for big (greater than 20,000 sq m) construction sites. These norms would ensure that all big construction sites take adequate measures to control dust.
He also discussed that there is an urgent need to bring progressive regulations to control dust emanating from these big sites. He directed the department to discuss with various stakeholders including technical experts and finalize these norms on an urgent basis.