New Delhi, October 16, Aiming to reduce pollutants in the air in its area, New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) is taking intensive measures to Control “Air Pollution” in New Delhi with all manpower and machinery at war foot level around the clock.
In view to curb the air pollution, NDMC is being taken the different initiatives and violators are challaning for the violations by the different teams constituted for the inspection, supervision and monitoring the action.
NDMC issued Challans to the Violators : A team of officers under the control of the Director (EBR), NDMC has constituted inspection of construction sites for enforcing dust mitigation measures. As many as 30 Nos. Challans of Rs. 50,000/- each (total Rs. 15,00,000/-) have been issued as per the Guidelines of National Green Tribunal (NGT) against the violators for dust pollution.
The Public Health Department issued the 290 Challans of Rs. 48747/- to the violators of Public Hygiene, Littering, Single Use Plastic, Solid Waste Management and burning of waste or dry leaves at public place.
Besides Challaning, NDMC is taking action to curb the air pollution by the following steps:
*Control of Dust emissions*
Mechanical Road Sweepers (MRS): NDMC has deployed 06 Mechanical Road Sweepers (MRS) in 02 Shifts with GPS tracking for wet sweeping. The average sweeping length per day is 227 Km by the MRS. All avenue roads are mechanically cleaned daily or on alternate days. Monitoring of route, km length covered, the running of MRS also monitored by 24×7 through NDMC Integrated Command & Control Centre at Headquarter – Palika Kendra.
Green paving provided along the road: There is no unpaved area in NDMC the central verges and side berms are already green paved. A target of more than 10,000 saplings and 03 lakh shrubs were planted successfully this year.
NDMC maintaining approximately 1500 acres of green area and 135 Green Avenues, 10 Major Parks, 1400 Residential Colony Parks, 50 Roundabouts, 10 departmental Nurseries including 3 Hi- Tech Nurseries, 3 International Relationships Memorial Parks, many Happiness Areas and prestigious Garden like Nehru Park, Lodi Garden, Talkatora Garden and Sanjay Jheel, Children Park – India Gate, Central Parks – Connaught Place, CWG Park, Shanti Path etc. New Delhi area is recognised for its greenery, which not only creates an island of soothing effect but also mitigates the heating effect of air & dust pollution to certain extent.
All the centre verge of the roads has already been converted into the green belt and the gaps arise which have been filled up from time to time. There are no potholes on the roads under the jurisdiction of NDMC if any found the restoration is to be made simultaneously.
Anti-smog Gun: 08 mobile Anti-Smog Guns are running on the NDMC roads for reducing the dust particles in the air and environment in the New Delhi area.
static anti-smog gun/mist spray machine has been procured by the NDMC and is being used at Pt. Pant Marg in the NDMC area.
Water Sprinklers: NDMC has deployed 20 Nos. of water tanker/trolley of 5000 Ltr. to 10000 Ltr. the capacity of water by making 02/03 trips for water sprinkling on trees and shrubs along the main roads using STP-treated water to remove dust.These are continuing under working by the dedicated teams. These are regularly monitored by the Senior Officers / HoD level.
Construction & Demolition (C&D) waste:C & D waste in the NDMC area is collected on a daily basis and is being sent to the dumping ground at Okhla C & D waste Recycling Plant. Avg. 65.22 MT/Day of C&D waste collecting and sending to recycling plants.
In the NDMC area there are 14 designated sites for collection of C&D waste of large capacity. There is no vacant plot in the NDMC area for the dumping of C&D waste/malba in the NDMC area.
Unauthorized dumping of C&D waste: A 03 member team is being regularly inspected the NDMC area and any violations found the challans are being issued on account of unauthorized dumping of C&D waste against the violators.
Patrolling teams to detect garbage/horticulture waste and it’s burning.
A 14 member team of field officers (Health, Horticulture & Civil departments) have been deployed, for the whole NDMC area (including 01 team for the night) which reports every day.
In addition, 14 teams of the Health Department are deployed circle-wise, day time carrying out the inspection on account of waste burning.
Action is being taken by the inspection teams when and where any violation found related to the garbage/horticulture waste for the dumping or burning is reported.
Vehicular Emission Control
Charging infrastructure: To promote the E- Vehicle in its area as per National Mobility Program 100 nos. Electric Vehicle Public Charging Stations have been installed and commissioned in the NDMC area. Other e- Vehicle Charging Stations commissioning work is in progress.
Washing of Roads and Pavements
On a daily basis in the special cleanliness drive, Swachhta Teams are being not only sweeping the pavement and roads by brooms but also washing by water to wash the dust or other air pollution elements. This initiative is very important for reducing the air pollution in the NDMC area.
# Daily Lakhs of people from different walks of life visiting the New Delhi area. So, it is more important for us to prevent and control air pollution in the New Delhi area.
# NDMC urges the visitors and citizens of the New Delhi area to play a role to control air pollution at an Individual level also. As nature cannot resolve and prevent pollution on its own, it becomes the duty of human beings to resolve and prevent the pollution in the environment by himself.
