Air quality body directs Delhi, nearby States to video monitor construction projects
The Hindu
Directive will enable authorities to oversee compliance ‘round the clock’
Construction projects in the Delhi National Capital Region (NCR) and adjoining States will have to install equipment that will allow the authorities to monitor if the projects are complying with norms to curb air pollution, according to a directive by the Commission for Air Quality and Management (CAQM).
The CAQM is an executive body set up to oversee measures to curb air pollution in the Delhi NCR, Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan.
In a directive on Thursday, the CAQM said that all the projects (on plot area equal to or greater than 500 square meters) of construction and demolition under the territorial jurisdiction of Urban Local Bodies in the NCR would have to mandatorily register themselves at a dedicated web portal.