NEW DELHI: The Public Works Department has written a letter to the chairman of Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) MM Kutty, appealing against the ongoing ban on construction activities in the city.
A PWD official said the letter has also been sent to the principal secretary of Delhi government's environment department, Sanjeev Khirwar.
Due to alarming levels of air pollution, the Supreme Court had on November 24 imposed a ban on construction activities in Delhi-NCR till further orders.
In an order passed on December 10, Supreme Court had asked CAQM to examine requests of various industries and organisations about relaxation of conditions to restart construction.
The PWD official said construction bans are not the solution to air pollution. “With the ban, projects suffer delays and construction workers lose their livelihood. Promotion of BS-VI compliant vehicles, usage of dust control measures at constructions site like anti-smog guns, screening and barricading at the construction sites in accordance to the temperature and wind velocity would provide better results,” the official said.
The CAQM) on Wednesday lifted the ban on operation of six thermal power plants located within 300 km radius of Delhi. The commission has given relaxation to some industries, which still have not shifted to PNG or cleaner fuels, to run without any restriction on number of hours per day for five days per week.
