Four Gurugram areas emerge as toxic hotspots
MC ‘goes easy’ on violators, not issuing enough challans
The slight improvement in the air quality index (AQI) of the city was short-lived as four residential areas have emerged as toxic hotspots in the National Capital Region (NCR), with Sector 51 being the worst affected.
Unchecked development and illicit unloading of trash have been referred to as purposes behind the disintegrating air quality.
Sources state the Municipal Corporation is to be accused of relaxing the chain on violators and not giving enough challans to people disregarding the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP), under which standardized measures are to be taken when air quality weakens.
Accordingly, there are tufts of residue and exhaust clouds in the city.
On Tuesday, the area’s AQI was recorded at 306 (risky, as indicated by an AQI table). It was 258 (extremely undesirable) a day prior. In the observing zone of Sector 51, the AQI was recorded at 327, while that of Vikas Sadan and Terri town crossed 300. The AQI in Manesar arrived at 277. Building locales are generally gathered in these territories.
With the MC backing off of violators, the circumstance is compounding and it might prompt total prohibition on development like a year ago.
In the interim, in a gathering of traffic authorities, Assistant Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Sanjeev Balhara, guided cops to check infringement of the GRAP.
“Traffic authorities have been informed that their responsibility is to manage traffic, yet in addition issue challans to violators. Since the execution of the GRAP this year, the traffic police have given challans of around Rs 10 lakh,” said Balhara, who is likewise the nodal official, GRAP.
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