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Delhi Orders Slum Survey to Extend Ujjwala LPG, Mobilizes Citywide Dust Control

A DUSIB survey will identify households on traditional fuels for prioritization under PMUY.

Overview

  • Chief Minister Rekha Gupta directed the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board to map slum and JJ clusters where families still cook on chulhas or angithis.
  • The government says households identified in the survey will be prioritized for LPG connections under the Ujjwala scheme once the list is prepared.
  • Civic agencies including PWD, Irrigation and Flood Control, DUSIB, DSIIDC, MCD and NDMC have deployed maintenance teams across the city’s pollution hotspots.
  • Active measures include water sprinkling, mechanical sweeping, mist or smog guns, and repairs to damaged roads and pavements to suppress dust.
  • Officials frame the initiative as a public‑health intervention to cut indoor smoke exposure while wider anti‑pollution operations proceed on a war footing.