Orders given to all road owning agencies to make action plans to control road dust pollution – Gopal Rai
PWD will form a Central Monitoring Team, which will monitor the work of increasing roadside green cover – Gopal Rai
High level joint meeting held with Environment Department, MCD, PWD, Forest Department and all other concerned officers regarding increasing the roadside green cover of Delhi – Gopal Rai
Orders given to all road owning agencies to submit reports related to roadside green cover of Delhi in 15 days – Gopal Rai
New Delhi:
Environment Minister Shri Gopal Rai convened a high-level joint review meeting with officers from all concerned departments to augment the city’s roadside green cover. The meeting included representatives from the Forest Department, PWD, DSIIDC, MCD, and other road-owning agencies. To combat dust pollution, all road-owning agencies have been given orders to provide a report in the next 15 days on how they plan to boost roadside green cover.
Environment Minister Shri Gopal Rai informed, “A joint review meeting was held today at the Delhi Secretariat with all concerned departments to discuss future strategies to improve the roadside green cover of Delhi, which is one of the 14 aspects of the Summer Action Plan. All road-owning authorities were given directives to formulate an action plan to tackle the city’s increasing dust pollution during the conference. The presence of roadside green cover will be assessed by all road-owning authorities in Delhi. Furthermore, agencies will conduct road mapping to determine the amount and type of green cover available in each location. Agencies can select what additional action to take by categorising it into better and worse categories. There will also be mapping of areas with little to no green cover.”
“On the basis of such road mapping, all road-owning agencies will develop action plans. The report will be sent to the environment department in the next 15 days. As a result, a new action plan to expand Delhi’s green cover will be established,” he added.
Central monitoring team will be formed to monitor Delhi’s roadside green cover
Shri Gopal Rai said, “The Public Works Department has already been given directives to boost the amount of green cover along Delhi’s roadsides. Today, additional directives were issued to cover other road-owning corporations. To increase the amount of green cover along Delhi’s roadsides, teams will be deployed at the district level. PWD will also establish a Central Monitoring Team, which will include officers from relevant departments such as PWD, NDPL, Delhi Jal Board, BSES, and others. This action plan to boost roadside green cover would aid in the improvement of the environment and pollution management in Delhi.”