NHAI, Kanpur Pollution, PWD, Kanpur Nagar Nigam, Kanpur News Today, Kanpur News Hindi, Kanpur | Rapid response team will be formed to stop pollution: Vehicles older than 15 years will be confiscated; Ban on vehicles carrying construction material from 6 am to 11 pm – Kanpur News
To prevent pollution, vehicles carrying construction material will not be able to enter Kanpur during the day.
An action plan has been prepared to address the increasing air pollution in Kanpur as winter progresses. The entry of vehicles carrying construction material inside the city has been completely banned from 6 am to 11 pm. At the same time, there is construction material and debris inside the city.
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Rapid response team will stop pollution Divisional Commissioner Amit Gupta has instructed the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Traffic and RTO to increase strictness in this regard. Along with this, to prevent the air quality index from deteriorating, it has also been asked to form a Rapid Response Team, which will work on improving the traffic system. Where AQI increases, this team will work to get rid of jam and smoke.
Rapid response team will be formed to stop pollution caused by traffic jam in Kanpur.
Effective steps are being taken to ensure pollution does not increase. As the cold increases in Kanpur, air pollution starts increasing. Due to the blanket of mist and fog, visibility is reduced and with the increase in AQI, breathing also becomes difficult.
AQI has crossed 300 several times in the past few days. In such a situation, the Divisional Commissioner has given instructions to the departments to take effective steps regarding prevention and control of air pollution.
Instructions given to all departments Divisional Commissioner has given the responsibility to Municipal Corporation, KDA, PWD, NSI, Metro, Housing Development, Police, RTO, UPPCB and all the implementing agencies to prevent air pollution. The Municipal Corporation has been asked to stop open burning of garbage and other items, dispose of garbage and do door to door collection.
There will be a ban on construction materials being sold in the open.
Action on selling construction material in open Instructions have been given to take action against those selling construction materials in the open. Along with this, instructions have been given to remove dust on city roads, clean with mechanical sweeping machines, sprinkle water and increase manual sweeping.
Roads that generate the most dust will be marked Along with this, KDA and Municipal Corporation have been asked to select three such roads where dust blows more at an interval of 15 days. These roads have been selected and asked to develop green belts here.
Instructions given to prevent dust from flying NHAI has also been asked to wash roads and trees. Metro has also been instructed to work on the basis of CPCB guidelines. The Divisional Commissioner has told all the implementing agencies that the soil at the construction sites should always be kept wet so that dust cannot blow up and spoil the air quality.
Vehicles causing pollution will be confiscated Under the scrap policy of the Transport Ministry, there is a policy to declare 15 years old commercial and 20 years old private vehicles as scrap. Instructions have been given to the RTO and traffic police in the city to take action to confiscate such vehicles, so that air pollution can be stopped. Along with this, PUC certificate should be checked.
Helpline number for air pollution complaint Divisional Commissioner has asked all the officers to download CPCB’s Sameer App and continuously monitor air pollution. Every week report and AQI data will have to be given to UPPCB in soft and hard copy.
He founded Kanpur Smart City Ltd. It has been asked to keep the helpline number 18001805159 operating smoothly so that the city residents can lodge complaints related to air pollution.
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