13 surveyors on GPS bikes to scan roads for dust hotspots

The government on Friday launched Road RADAR, a real-time road pollution monitoring programme under which 13 surveyors equipped with GPS-enabled bikes will identify dust and other local pollution hot spots across the city's 18,000km of road space.

- Jasjeev Gandhiok

The programme, launched by the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC), will deploy one ground surveyor in each of Delhi's 13 districts to identify dust pollution hot spots on a real-time basis. Officials said each source of dust pollution flagged by surveyors will be reported internally for corrective action.

A total of 11 key issues will be tracked under the programme, including unpaved roads, broken footpaths, damaged dividers and potholes; sand or loose material piled on roadsides; unsurfaced and unregulated parking lots; overflowing garbage collection points and roadside garbage; biomass and garbage burning; plastic burning; construction and demolition waste dumped along roadsides; barren stretches requiring greening; greening needs on central verges; and dust from construction sites, officials said.