DPCC crackdown on air pollution, shuts down 319 non-PNG industrial units

New Delhi: To tackle the issue of air pollution in the national Capital, Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) has buckled up and have shut down 319 non-PNG industrial units.

DPCC in an official statement, has revealed that as many as other than the non-PNG units, Piped Natural Gas (PNG) have been closed down and a total of 1,165 industrial units, earlier running on non-PNG fuels, have switched to gas.

Meanwhile, the DPCC has also said it has also issued challans totalling Rs 49 lakh to polluting vehicles since November 16.

"Environmental Compensation of Rs 49 lakh has been imposed on 63 visibly polluting vehicles till November 23. The vehicles have been impounded by the Transport Department," the pollution control body said, in a statement.

According to the DPCC, 1,807 vehicles were challaned for plying without pollution-under-control certificates. Of these, 558 vehicles were impounded. On the other hand, on the directions of the Supreme Court, the revenue department inspected about 1,500 kerosene oil depots. None of them was found storing or selling kerosene, it said.

DPCC also said that of the 1,099 pollution-related complaints raised through the Central Pollution Control Board's Sameer mobile application, only 44 are pending.