DPCC to take stringent action against industries using unapproved fuels
New Delhi: The Commission for Air Quality Management in National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas has identified about 1644 of Industrial Units spread across 50 industrial areas in Delhi to switch over to Piped Natural Gas (PNG), the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, stated here today.
The Commission stressed the need to switch over to PNG by all identified Industries in Delhi considering the fact that industrial sector is one of the major contributors to air pollution in Delhi and National Capital Region.
Indraprastha Gas Limited (IGL) and Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) have been impressed upon to complete the pipeline network, metering and associated infrastructure. IGL, Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) and Government of NCT of Delhi have also been asked to work in close coordination with the industrial units so as to target completion of infrastructure works and complete switch over to PNG, by all the identified industrial units in Delhi, by 31st January, 2021.
The DPCC has also been directed to inspect and identify the industries using unapproved fuels and to take stringent penal action in case of non-compliances.
– global bihari bureau
