With an eye on the upcoming winter season, the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) has directed its officials to daily inspect 13 pollution hotspots and 27 Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring (CAAQM) stations across the Capital to tighten its monitoring network, while also coming up with a uniform procedure for inspecting and taking action against grossly polluting industries (GPIs) discharging waste into the Yamuna river.

The move to undertake daily inspections comes in compliance with the Central Pollution Control Board’s (CPCB) advisory issued in September, which directed cities not meeting the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) to take stronger preventive measures by identifying major sources and hotspots of air pollution for focused action.

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