Haryana Chief Secretary Vijai Vardhan on Friday said that to reduce the rising pollution levels in the National Capital Region, the State Government has decided to set up two control rooms in Gurugram and Faridabad districts which will be functional for 24 hours.
People now can register complaints related to increasing pollution levels at the Control room. For this, special training will be imparted to the concerned employees, he added.
Presiding over a meeting of Haryana Pollution Control Board held here, Vardhan directed that large construction projects, including highways and metro will provide undertaking to the State Pollution Control Boards or Pollution Control Committees that they will assure adherence to the prescribed norms and guidelines for dust management. Along with this, industries, particularly in the Red and Orange category, will provide an undertaking to the State Pollution Control Boards or Pollution Control Committees that they will use only authorized fuel.
In the meeting, the Chief Secretary directed to ban the use of diesel generator sets (other than essential/emergency services) in Faridabad and Gurugram and for this, electricity from the grid can be supplied without disruptions in these areas, which would then obviate the need for diesel generators.
“Control of air pollution during winter will require greatly enhanced vigilance on ground so that sources, such as industrial stacks and garbage dumping and use of illegal fuel are checked. The use of all technologies for dust management, including smog-guns, should be extensively used during this period,” asserted Vardhan.
The Chief Secretary further directed the officers concerned to specifically set up pollution control rooms in Gurugram and Faridabad so that the public can contact them directly for problems and complaints related to increasing pollution levels. He said that the complaints and problems reported in the control room should be analyzed, which will make it easier to understand for the officers concerned as to what kind of difficulties are being reported in which area and what measures are to be taken to resolve them immediately.
The direct mechanized sweeping machines for regular cleaning of roads and streets should be ensured. Besides this, sprinkling of water and other necessary measures to control dust from roads should also be taken, directed the Chief Secretary.