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Delhi Rolls Out 45-Day Dust-Control Drive With 200 PWD Vans

Weekly reviews enforce fixed targets for every team across 1,400 km of PWD roads.

Overview

  • Each maintenance van is assigned to deep-clean at least 200 metres daily under the supervision of a junior or assistant engineer.
  • Work covers debris and dust removal on Right-of-Way areas, cleaning kerb channels and footpaths, filling potholes, and repairing signage and streetlights with MCD coordination to deter fresh dumping.
  • Sixty horticulture vans are dedicated to pruning and roadside greenery upkeep to limit dust resuspension.
  • Dedicated teams are monitoring polluting industrial units and vehicles with targeted action at identified air-pollution hotspots.
  • Officials reported more than 1,200 enforcement teams conducted over 500 inspections in 24 hours, issuing 9,325 vehicular challans, diverting 83 trucks, lifting 2,348 metric tonnes of construction waste, and checking 128 inter-state buses.