Overview
- CPCB readings showed Delhi at an AQI of about 365 at 7 am Sunday, with most monitoring stations in the very poor band after a week of persistently high pollution.
- The administration ran a city-wide cleanliness and Ring Road washing drive with the chief minister on site, while DMRC intensified checks and deployed over 100 anti-smog guns at construction zones.
- Chief Minister Rekha Gupta ordered mandatory dust-control at all Metro works, warned of surprise inspections, and said negligence at sites would invite direct action.
- The government constituted an expert advisory group on air pollution and a High-Level Implementation Committee to ensure time-bound execution and tighter monitoring of measures.
- A PWD–GMR CSR pact will fund three years of road upkeep from Azad Market to Inderlok at ₹6 crore, enforcement reports cited 750 inspections, 556 notices, nearly ₹7 crore in penalties and 48 site closures, PUC challans rose to about 8 lakh this year, and a new source-apportionment study is being planned with IIT Delhi and IITM Pune.