POLLUTION BEING TACKLED AS AN EMERGENCY MISSION: DELHI CM REKHA

Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta has said that any negligence in pollution control in the national capital will not be tolerated. She stated that her government is treating pollution as an emergency mission and is making determined efforts to bring it under control.

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The Chief Minister, on Wednesday, made it clear that government institutions showing laxity in pollution control will not be spared. The Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) has been instructed to issue challans and impose heavy penalties on agencies failing to maintain pollution and cleanliness standards. She has also ordered FIRs against departments that conduct unauthorised road-cutting and fail to restore roads properly.

A high-level review meeting on pollution control was held at the Delhi Secretariat under the Chief Minister's chairmanship. Ongoing measures against air pollution were reviewed, and all departments were directed to work on a war footing in the coming days.

The meeting was attended by Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa, Chief Secretary Rajiv Verma, and senior officials from PWD, MCD, DDA, Environment and Forest, DSIIDC, Delhi Metro, NBCC, Power, and DUSIB. The Chief Minister emphasised that while the long-term fight against pollution will continue, immediate measures must be intensified urgently.