India, Jan. 30 -- The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) has identified 102 instances of visible road dust during an inspection of road stretches under the Greater Noida authority, and directed the Authority to carry out targeted corrective measures.

The inspection, conducted on Thursday, was part of the CAQM's ongoing monitoring and enforcement drive under the statutory framework of the Graded Response Action Plan (Grap). It aimed to assess the extent of road dust and review the effectiveness of road cleaning and sweeping operations on Greater Noida authority-maintained roads, the Commission said in a statement.

For the exercise, the Commission deployed eight inspection teams comprising officials from the Central Pollution Co...