NEW DELHI: East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) has instructed its officials to identify more areas where chances or incidents of dust pollution are high. Central Pollution Control Board has already identified three hotspots in the EDMC areas.
The civic body launched a special drive on Sunday, before the beginning of the peak season, to cover all such spots on a regular basis and take necessary measures to mitigate dust pollution.
A senior EDMC official said the three hotspots — Anand Vihar, Mandoli Industrial Area and Vivek Vihar — are on the priority list where regular sprinkling, night survey, challaning and other steps were being taken with the help of 64 teams against burning of biomass and plastic waste and construction and demolition waste, dumping etc.
“These teams are taking action at other places too. We also have 40 sprinklers that are used continuously in identified markets, industrial, commercial and other public areas,” said the official. The corporation has also asked officials to identify prominent roads, industrial and commercial areas, especially near borders, and submit action-taken reports.
Eight mechanical road sweepers are working in intervals for road sweeping in east Delhi. “We are intensifying the exercise every day,” said the official.
