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THE ACTION PLAN BY THE GOVERNMENT IN GURUGRAM AND FARIDABAD TO CURB THE AIR POLLUTION BY 35%.
The Haryana State Pollution Management Board’s air quality action set up for Gurugram, that aims for a thirty fifth reduction in PM2.5 and PM10 concentrations by 2022, received in-principle approval from the state government on Friday. The plan will now be sent for approval to tFurther, to curb pollution from construction sites, the HSPCB has proposed restrictions on construction and demolition activities in affected areas, the “proper following of the ministry of surroundings and forests (MoEF) tips for construction of national highways/ state highways/ village link roads / rail overbridges/ underpasses/ colony lanes, etc.”, and using premixed mortar to eliminate storage of loose raw materials on site.The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority (EPCA), and is expected to be implemented before the end of this year. However, the HSPCB has requested minor revisions within the action set up for Faridabad.
These developments were discussed in a meeting with the HSPCB chairman in Panchkula on Friday, where Kuldeep Singh, HSPCB’s regional officer in Gurugram, and JB Sharma, regional officer, Faridabad, were appointed because the nodal authorities to administer the implementation of the plans. In Gurugram, the plan ascribes specific tasks to various stakeholders, including the HSPCB itself, as well as the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG), National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), the road transport authority, the Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (HSIIDC), the traffic police, the Public Health Engineering Department (PHED), the Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA), the Public Works Department (PWD), and therefore the Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVN), among others. The set up conjointly concerns varied analysis steps, that consultants believe square measure long due for Gurugram that was recently accorded the title of the world’s most contaminated town (concerning particulate matter concentrations) in an exceedingly study by NGO and Swiss package company AirVisual. The HSPCB’s action additionally proposes health impact assessments for Gurugram, within which hospital records would be wont to confirm the link between air quality and also the variety of patients admitted with heart and lung issues. These objectives are to be implemented in the mid-term.
