Construction is underway as part of the Central Vista redevelopment project at Rajpath in New Delhi.
Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Wednesday said the Delhi government will issue notices to the Central Public Works Department (CPWD) for carrying out construction work despite violating restrictions and dust control norms at the Central Vista project site.
Rai said, “Despite the ban on construction and demolition activities, we were getting a lot of calls regarding the work being done at the Central Vista project site. During an inspection, we found that this was indeed true.”
“We will ask the Delhi Pollution Control Committee to issue a notice to the CPWD, asking the reason for continuing the construction work despite restrictions in view of air pollution,” he said.
Rai said a separate notice would be issued to the agency for violation of dust pollution control norms at the site. The Delhi government had earlier said that the ban on construction and demolition activities in the capital would continue till further orders in view of the high air pollution levels.
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