Continuing its crackdown on major sources of air pollution in the national capital, the Delhi Pollution Control Committee has issued notices to 172 ongoing construction projects in the city.
These concerned parties have been directed to submit reports on the current status of construction and steps being taken by them for compliance of the ministry of environment and forests guidelines, 2010, on prevention of dust and garbage accumulation on their sites, while carrying out the construction.
They will also have to submit adherence reports on directions mentioned in the orders of the National Green Tribunal dated 4.12.2014 and 10.04.2015 in O.A. No.21 of 2014 and O.A. No. 95 of 2014 in the matter of Vardhaman Kaushik Vs. Union of India & others, and Sanjay Kulshreshtha Vs. Union of India & others.
It has been found that though these projects had obtained prior environmental clearance from the ministry of environment and forests (government of India) or from State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA), Delhi, but subsequently the mandatory Consent to Operate clearance was not sought from the Delhi Pollution Control Committee.
The existing situation of these projects gives rise to reasonable apprehension that they are either still in construction stage or have completed construction/became operational without the mandatory Consent to Operate guidelines.
Environment minister Mr Asim Ahmed Khan has also directed the officials of the department to follow-up the steps being taken to penalise those responsible for burning of garbage, leaves and plastic in the open, another main source of air pollution apart from the vehicular traffic in the nation capital.
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