New Delhi, Jan 22 (IANS) Officials of the Commission for Air Quality Management in NCR and Adjoining Areas (CAQM) were told that flying squads conducted 330 inspections and detected 90 pollution-related violations in the NCR from January 7 to 19, a statement said on Thursday.

The officials at the 124th meeting of the Enforcement Task Force (ETF) were told that these inspections covered 241 industries, 22 diesel generator (DG) sets and five construction and demolition (C&D) sites.

In addition, 62 road stretches were inspected for road dust and waste accumulation. A total of 90 violations were reported, comprising 66 in the industrial sector, two involving DG sets, four at C&D sites and 18 related to road dust, said an official statement.

Out of 330 inspections, enforcement actions, including closures, sealing of DG sets and issuance of show cause notices, were recommended in 72 cases.

The Commission also reviewed closure recommendations received from inspection teams and noted that closure of nine ready mix concrete (RMC) plants has been recommended, said a statement.

The Environment Ministry said special inspection drives covering 150 road stretches were conducted on January 8 and January 13.

These included 23 road stretches in Noida and 127 stretches under the jurisdiction of Municipal Corporation, Faridabad, said the statement.

Of the 150 stretches inspected, 20 were found to have high levels of visible dust, 34 had moderate dust levels, and 75 had low dust levels. For non-compliance with dust control measures, a notice was issued to the Deputy Commissioner, Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), on January 13.

The flying squads also carried out a special inspection drive in North Delhi on January 14 to check incidents of biomass and municipal solid waste (MSW) burning and dumping in areas under the jurisdiction of MCD.

During the inspection, 65 locations were inspected, wherein 47 incidents of biomass/MSW burning and 18 instances of MSW dumping were recorded. The inspection reports have been forwarded to agencies concerned for detailed ATRs, said the statement.

As of Wednesday, a total of 25,232 units, projects and entities have been inspected. Based on these inspections, 1,643 closure directions have been issued for violations.

Of these, 1,261 resumption orders have been issued after verification of compliance, while 108 cases have been transferred to the concerned State Pollution Control Boards (SPCBs) or the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) for final decision.

–IANS

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