To control pollution in the district, an action plan has been prepared by the Pollution Control Board in which 27 concerned departments have been assigned different responsibilities. All the departments involved have appointed their nodal officers.
In this regard, Haryana Chief Secretary, Keshani Anand Arora on Monday conducted a meeting through video conferencing of the concern department officers and gave them necessary guidelines to control pollution in the district.
During the meeting, she said that in order to reduce the increasing level of pollution in the environment, it is necessary that the departments should make a united effort in this direction.
"Teams have been formed to control pollution in construction sites and industrial areas in the district. To control pollution in the district, an action plan has been prepared by the Pollution Control Board in which we have fixed responsibilities of 27 departments concerned for regular updates about pollution," Deputy Commissioner Amit Khatri said.
Apart from this review meetings are also being organized with departments from time to time to reduce the level of pollution in the environment. The Gurugram district has been divided into 6 industrial clusters by the Pollution Control Board.
Pollution Control Board officials informed that this time the air quality index has also improved compared to last year. This time the air quality index in Gurugram district is comparatively better than in the districts of NCR region. Air quality index of Gurugram is 390 while in other districts of NCR region it is more than 400.
"The Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) has been started functioning in the district from October 15. So far 101 notices related to C&D activities in the district, 26 notices related to garbage dumping and 32 notices related to garbage burning, 74 notices regarding unauthorized parking have been given," Khatri said.
Also, 49 hot spots have been identified in the district, where continuous checking is being done by the teams. Notices have been given to the operators of 3 under-construction sites in the last one week, out of which two under-construction site operators have been fined Rs 5 lakh and one has been fined Rs one lakh," Khatri stated.
Arora said that the Deputy Commissioner (DC) should work to make an effective action plan to improve air quality index. "The DC should take strict action against those who burn paddy straw. The DC should also form mobile teams under the chairmanship of the Sub Divisional Magistrate (SDM) of the concerned area in the district who should report to the Deputy Commissioner from time to time," the chief secretary said.