Reported by MillenniumPost
New Delhi: The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has installed surveillance cameras at 125 construction and demolition waste sites and deployed joint enforcement teams to crack down on illegal dumping, dust pollution and biomass burning amid efforts to improve the city’s air quality.
The 360-degree pan-tilt-zoom cameras will provide round-the-clock feeds to the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC), while the civic body has designated dumping sites in all 250 wards to prevent unauthorised disposal of construction waste, according to an MCD statement issued on Wednesday.
The corporation has also deployed 167 water sprinklers and 40 mobile anti-smog guns on roads across the city and is carrying out deep cleaning of identified dust-prone stretches in all 12 zones. The joint enforcement teams will act against dust emissions from construction and demolition activities, the use of unapproved fuels, biomass burning and illegal dumping of construction waste and garbage.
They will also inspect decentralised waste storage and dumping sites maintained by the MCD. The civic body has prescribed dust-control measures at designated dumping sites, including barriers at least three metres higher than the maximum height of waste heaps, covering or regularly wetting materials and installing fine-nozzle water sprinkling systems.
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