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Air pollution in Delhi-NCR: Modi govt brings Ordinance to fix air quality

The ordinance entails setting up a commission with 18 members with legal powers to tackle the menace in the region

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The commission will coordinate with states of Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh to plan, execute and monitor programmes.

Shreya Jai New Delhi
In a first, the Centre has come up with a law, through an Ordinance, for tackling air pollution in the Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR) and setting up a commission for it. 

The commission will have the authority to shut down or regulate water and electricity supply to industries or sites which cause air pollution.  It will also have the powers to seize and search under the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 and also issue a warrant.

The President signed the ordinance on Thursday titled ‘The Commission for air quality management in National Capital Region and adjoining areas, 2020’.

This is the first time