Inspection of 1,915 sites conducted so far under the Anti Open Burning Campaign – Gopal Rai
21 Notices & Challans issued to violators under the Anti-Open burning campaign – Gopal Rai
500 teams from 10 different departments have been deployed to make the Anti Open Burning Campaign successful – Gopal Rai
The Anti-Open Burning campaign will run till May 12 under the Summer Action Plan in Delhi – Gopal Rai
DPCC will start special drives to keep a check on industrial units from April 20 onwards
Expert-level meeting with all concerned departments to be held at Delhi Secretariat on 21st April to resolve the incidents landfill fires
New Delhi:
Kejriwal Government’s fight against pollution has taken a strict turn after rigorous inspections throughout Delhi led to challans & notices for violators. Environment Minister Shri Gopal Rai informed — Inspection of 1,915 sites was conducted so far under the Anti Open Burning Campaign. 21 Notices & Challans have been issued to violators under the Anti-Open burning campaign. 500 teams from 10 different departments have been deployed to make the Anti Open Burning Campaign successful. The Anti-Open Burning campaign will run till May 12 under the Summer Action Plan in Delhi. DPCC will start special drives to keep a check on industrial units from April 20 onwards. Expert-level meeting with all concerned departments to be held at Delhi Secretariat on 21st April to resolve the incidents landfill fires
Divulging more details on the report, Environment Minister Shri Gopal Rai said, “So far around 1,915 garbage burning sites and landfill sites have been inspected by the teams deployed under the Anti-Open Burning Campaign. Along with this 21 notices/challan have been issued to individuals.”
He further stated, “The Anti-Open Burning campaign will continue in Delhi until May 12. During this time, 500 teams from ten departments have been deployed as part of the Anti-Open Burning Campaign. They are responsible for taking immediate actions to monitor and prevent open burning incidences in Delhi. Also, MCD has been given instructions to take all necessary actions to control fire accidents at the landfill site.
- DPCC will start special drive from April 20 onwards
Environment Minister Shri Gopal Rai said, “DPCC will start running special drives for industrial units from April 20 onwards. Wherever environmental rules or norms are broken, necessary actions will be taken. In addition, all 1,607 registered industrial units in Delhi have been converted to PNG, and if any industrial unit is found to be breaking environmental regulations, the concerned agency will take necessary and strict actions against them.”
-Expert level meeting at Delhi Secretariat on 21st April regarding fire incidents on Landfill sites
Along with this, the Environment Minister also said, “On April 21, a high-level meeting with all experts from relevant departments, including DPCC, MCD, IIT Delhi, Environment Department, TERI, DTU, and CSE, has been convened at the Delhi Secretariat to resolve the incidents of fire on landfill site. In addition, the teams are inspecting the Landfill sites on a daily basis.”
Shri Gopal Rai further said, “PWD has also been ordered to form a special task force to increase the roadside green cover in Delhi. PWD has started working on it. And, based on their recently released report, efforts on increasing roadside green cover will begin as soon as feasible.”