New Delhi, Dec. 26 -- The Commission for Air Quality Management in NCR and Adjoining Areas (CAQM) conducted an inspection drive on 24.12.2025 to assess compliance and effectiveness of corrective measures undertaken by concerned road-maintaining agencies following inspections carried out earlier on 12.12.2025. This was done as part of its continuous monitoring and ongoing enforcement efforts under the statutory framework and provisions of the extant Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP).

The drive focused on assessment of accumulation of visible road dust and on-ground operations of Mechanical Road Sweeping Machines (MRSMs), along with identification of instances of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) accumulation, Construction and Demolition (C&D) ...