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3,400 booked by MCD for polluting air in 2 months
The Morning Standard
|October 27, 2023
An amount of almost Rs 20 lakh has been collected by the civic body from the violators spread across various city zones
IN an initiative to implement the pollution control measures seriously in the national capital, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has prosecuted nearly 3,400 violators for causing air pollution and recovered a fine of over ₹20 lakh from them in the past two months, revealed the data shared by its different zones on Thursday.
The data shared by the MCD pertains to the period from September 1 to October 25, 2023.
Different zones of the city had submitted details with regard to the challans issued for air pollution, dust pollution and malba pollution issued during this time period.
As per the challan reports, MCD had imposed fines for various reasons and reports were prepared by each of the 12 zones. A total of 3,369 challans were issued to the defaulters and ₹20.55 lakh was collected as fine amount.
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