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Delhi’s Environment Minister Gopal Rai announced a comprehensive 21-point Winter Action Plan to combat pollution, including real-time drone monitoring of hotspots and the formation of a special task force. He further informed that an anti-dust campaign will kick off on October 7, with strict penalties for non-compliance among construction sites and agencies. Additional measures include deploying 85 road sweepers, 500 water sprinklers, and 200 mobile anti-smog guns to enhance pollution control efforts during the winter months.
Gopal Rai said, “This time we have formed a 21-point Winter Action Plan on the basis of which we will start working. For the first time in Delhi, it has been decided to have drone monitoring of hot spots. This will be done real time to find out the cause of the pollution. 2) Formation of a 6-member STF to stop this (causes of pollution)...3) To control dust pollution, anti-dust campaign will begin in Delhi from 7th October...All agencies - private and government have time until 7th October, if they do not meet the parameters by then, action will begin against them...Guidelines have been issued for this. All construction sites over 500 meters will have to be registered on the portal...85 road sweeping machines are being deployed, 500 water sprinkling machines are also being used. This time, 200 mobile anti-smog guns will be launched. This time, it has been decided that in Nov-Dec, water sprinkling will be increased 3 times so that pollution level can be controlled.”