Overview
- Four CAQM 'Flying Squads' inspected 17 road stretches totaling about 46.87 kilometres to check compliance with the Commission’s Standard Framework for road-dust control.
- Inspectors found end-to-end paving on nine stretches and incomplete paving on eight, with the sample covering 11 stretches under GNIDA and six under the Noida Authority.
- Unpaved or missing pedestrian pathways were recorded on eight stretches, comprising six under GNIDA and two under the Noida Authority, and paved central verges were absent on five stretches (three GNIDA, two Noida Authority).
- CAQM has directed GNIDA and the Noida Authority to speed up completion and maintenance of paving, pathways and verges and said flying-squad inspections will continue across Delhi-NCR to enforce the rules.
- Proper paving, paved sidewalks, central verges and mechanised sweeping reduce dust resuspension that raises PM levels, so completing these works could lower particulate pollution and improve public health if the agencies act promptly.