In Delhi-NCR, 344 units got closure notices for air pollution since Dec

A centrally mandated authority has shut 344 industries in Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) for violating air pollution norms since last December.

In its first round of inspections and fines, the Commission for Air Quality Management’s (CAQM) flying squad issued closure notices to 484 units or establishments. Apart from industries, 99 construction and demolition (C&D) sites, and 41 diesel generator (DG) sets were issued closure notices by the commission’s Enforcement Task Force (ETF).

According to CAQM data, as of September 30, 8,270 sites had been inspected since December 2021 for enforcement and compliance of statutory directions issued by