Delhi Government Adopts Mechanised Road Sweeping to Minimise Dust Pollution, Covered 51 % Streets of Delhi So Far

This data was compiled from November 17-25 and November 26-December 6.

During this time frame, 15,238.9 km roads have been cleaned under South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) till December 6 in comparison to 9,513.6 km in November, 9,074 km against 6,901 in North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC), and 3,219 km against 2,340 km in East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC).

Compared to DSIIDC's November coverage of 350 km, in December, the mechanised road sweeping has covered 550 km, 682 km against DCB's earlier 434 km.

Meanwhile, usage of water sprinkling tanks in the capital's most polluted areas has increased by 65 per cent until December 6.

According to the Delhi government report, to limit the dust pollution arising due to manual sweeping, a total of 1,134 mechanised road sweeping machines with water sprinkling facilities have been deployed across the city.

Moreover, 4,245 sites using diesel generator sets were inspected till December 6, of which 48 were found using the sets, 18 were shut down, and a fine of 5.4 lakh was imposed for not adhering to the anti-dust pollution guidelines.

In October, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) banned diesel generator sets and ordered enhancing of parking fee by up to four times in Delhi-NCR. This measure was listed under the Graded Response Action Plan (Grap) when the air quality settled in the 'very poor' category.

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