Govt Seeks Report on Dust Pollution Along ORR Areas

Days after Hindustan Times highlighted the worsening dust and traffic congestion along Outer Ring Road (ORR) due to ongoing road repair work, Delhi's ministers of environment and public works department (PWD) have sought detailed reports from their respective departments on the situation within two days and issued necessary directions to ensure that conditions along the road are improved within a week.

- Snehil Sinha

NEW DELHI:

Additionally, authorities have ordered the deployment of permanent truck-mounted water sprinklers to curb dust pollution. Environment minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa said large-scale road repair works are underway across the city, and his department has been told to ensure that dust control measures are implemented at all such sites, especially during heavy traffic hours.