Delhi's Fight Against Dust: MCD Allocates Funds for Air Quality Management

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi has allocated Rs 20 lakh per zone to improve air quality through enhanced dust pollution control measures. This includes making sprinklers operational, hiring drivers, buying dust suppressants, and enforcing construction waste regulations. All zones will ensure efficient anti-smog operations.

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) announced the allocation of Rs 20 lakh per zone to boost air quality management within the city, aiming to mitigate dust pollution.

Funds will be directed towards operationalizing sprinklers and bolstering manpower, facilitating the deployment of anti-smog guns and dust suppressants in all 12 zones.

Zonal Deputy Commissioners are instructed to enforce strict measures to manage construction waste, ensuring daily monitoring and cleanliness of roads to curtail dust accumulation. Such measures align with the Commission for Air Quality Management's directives.

(With inputs from agencies.)