Delhi’s air quality in ‘very poor’ category, cold wave persists
Delhi witnessed yet another day of toxic air on Sunday, with the Air Quality Index (AQI) remaining in the ‘very poor’ category for the second consecutive day.
Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai has announced that all private construction sites will have to follow its 14-point guidelines to prevent dust pollution in the city. He informed this at a press conference.
He said that the government has conducted a review meeting with all state-run agencies engaged in construction work in Delhi and they were told to submit their action plan to prevent dust pollution by September 21.
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“There are many private agencies involved in construction work in the city. We conducted a meeting with over 50 such companies, including L&T, Shapoorji, NBCC”, Rai said.
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“These private construction sites have been asked to comply with the 14-point guidelines to prevent dust pollution in 15 days,” he said.
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