Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Wednesday announced a committee with special powers to monitor and strengthen the city’s pollution-control efforts.

Chairing an inter-departmental meeting at the Delhi Secretariat, Gupta said her government was treating pollution as an “emergency mission” and would not tolerate any lapse by agencies responsible for maintaining air quality and cleanliness standards. Delhi’s AQI was recorded in the “very poor” category on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, she said an expert committee comprising senior officials from key departments, IITs and environmental scientists is being constituted to work on bringing pollution under control. The committee will be granted special powers by the government to monitor compliance and enforce corrective action, according to a stat

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