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Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav on Monday directed all state and Union territory authorities in Delhi-NCR to submit concrete action-taken reports on their air pollution control efforts.

Chairing a high-level review meeting on the air pollution in Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) — the fourth such review this season — Yadav stressed the need for coordinated, year-round measures to curb stubble burning, road dust and waste burning.

He asked officials to prepare district-wise crop-residue management plans, ensure capacity building of farmers in operating crop-residue management machines and maintain constant monitoring of stubble-burning cases. Delhi Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa attended the meeting.

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