Overview
- Chief Minister Rekha Gupta unveiled the programme at Delhi Haat, Pitampura, with Industries Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa in attendance.
- The government began handing out units to Resident Welfare Association representatives and identified security staff as key beneficiaries.
- Gupta said the heaters would be supplied through corporate social responsibility funding and rolled out across Delhi and the wider NCR.
- RWAs were urged to discourage and report wood or coal burning as part of a broader winter push that includes smog towers, water sprinkling, mechanical sweeping, and stricter checks on vehicles and industry.
- The launch came as Delhi’s air quality remained in the ‘very poor’ range on Saturday, with some locations in ‘severe’ and GRAP III restrictions continuing.