India, Dec. 28 -- The Commission for Air Quality Management in NCR and Adjoining Areas (CAQM) has flagged serious lapses in road upkeep and waste management after an extensive inspection drive across 125 road stretches maintained by the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) on Friday.
According to the CAQM report, 34 stretches showed high visible dust levels, 58 showed moderate dust, 29 recorded low dust intensity, and only four were found to have no visible dust.
The inspection, conducted under 'Operation Clean Air', involved 17 teams-15 from the Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) and two from the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). The teams used geo-tagged and time-stamped photographic evidence to document conditions a...