Pollution boards inspect 150 F'bad stretches for dust, waste
Gurugram, March 31 -- Joint teams of Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) and Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) on Monday conducted inspections on Faridabad roads to assess dust mitigation and waste disposal measures put in place by the civic bodies, officials said.
The Commission of Air Quality Management (CAQM) on Monday had directed the boards to form teams and conduct surveys on 150 road stretches in Faridabad, said officials.
Officials said that around ten teams consisting of officials from Faridabad, Ballabhgarh, Chandigarh and Delhi were formed.
"Each team inspected around 15 to 16 stretches under the jurisdiction of both the Municipal Corporation of Faridabad (MCF) and the Faridabad Metropolitan Development Authority (FMDA). A detailed report about the condition of roads, including the status of dust suppression and management, was submitted to the CAQM on Monday," a senior HSPCB official told HT, requesting anonymity.
The senior official added that teams also flagged the unauthorised dumping of municipal solid waste (MSW) and construction debris (C&D) on major arterial roads in their inspection reports. "Geo-tagged and time-stamped photographic evidence was submitted to the commission about MSW and C&D waste dumping along the Mata Amritanandamayi Marg in Sector 29, Palla-Ismailpur Sector 91 main road, and Sector 51 towards the Ghazipur Shyam Premi Colony and New Industrial Township sectors," another senior official said.
The audit found a majority of arterial and connecting stretches towards the Ballabhgarh bus stand and metro station marred with unpaved surfaces, garbage dumping and sanitary waste open disposal, officials said, adding that the internal sector roads were comparatively in a better condition.
A similar exercise was carried out by the CAQM teams on 127 stretches in January and found a total of 17 Faridabad stretches filled with high dust levels, another 25 and 66 with moderate and low dust, respectively.
"The exercise was aimed at reviewing the improvement in dust suppression measures in Faridabad in the last two months. New findings were submitted to the CAQM, a day before the latest directions on April 1," an HSPCB official said....
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