Gurugram: That time of year has come again. Since winter is only a few months away, Gurugram The administration has geared up to control the level of pollution. It has decided to set up mobile squads and a control room that will keep a watch on the waste burning on the roads and check the level of dust.
The move comes a day after Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar held a video conference with officials of all districts and directed them to take preventive measures within seven days as the paddy crop — spread over 34 lakh acres in Haryana. It’s about to start. throughout the week. The districts were directed to ensure that the harvesting of the crop is done in a staggered manner.
“We do not have issues of crop burning in the district. But yes, we will definitely keep a close watch on those who burn garbage in the open. A control room will be set up in the DC office,” said Deputy Commissioner Yash Garg.
Garg mentioned the measures taken to prevent urban flooding during monsoons to ensure that pollution levels during winters are also tackled. “During the rains this year, we took the initiative to ensure that the city does not get flooded. We were able to successfully prevent urban flooding in most parts and also deal with waterlogging easily. Similarly, we will tackle air pollution this year as well.”
In the meeting held on Saturday, it was informed that Fatehabad, Kaithal, Jind, Karnal, Sirsa and Kurukshetra districts were in the red zone with the highest number of fire cases last year, while Jhajjar, Panipat, Sonipat and Rohtak were in the yellow colour. These districts were asked to set up at least one Custom Hiring Center (CHC) in each hotspot village. These centers will provide machinery and equipment to the farmers for harvesting crops. The officials were also asked to regularly monitor 119 villages falling in red zone and 723 villages in yellow color.
“Our target is to reduce the number of fires across the state and increase the area with zero stubble burning this year. We have deployed two officers to monitor the red category villages and one in the yellow category areas,” said an agriculture department official.
The districts have also been asked to conduct awareness campaign against stubble burning and to provide panchayat land for storage of stubble. A team of officers of pollution, revenue, panchayat, police and agriculture departments is being formed at the village level to stop stubble burning.
According to data compiled by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), Delhi-NCR witnessed the highest number of fires in the past few years in September 2020. In September 2016, a total of 759 farm fires broke out within a 400 km radius of Delhi.
The move comes a day after Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar held a video conference with officials of all districts and directed them to take preventive measures within seven days as the paddy crop — spread over 34 lakh acres in Haryana. It’s about to start. throughout the week. The districts were directed to ensure that the harvesting of the crop is done in a staggered manner.
“We do not have issues of crop burning in the district. But yes, we will definitely keep a close watch on those who burn garbage in the open. A control room will be set up in the DC office,” said Deputy Commissioner Yash Garg.
Garg mentioned the measures taken to prevent urban flooding during monsoons to ensure that pollution levels during winters are also tackled. “During the rains this year, we took the initiative to ensure that the city does not get flooded. We were able to successfully prevent urban flooding in most parts and also deal with waterlogging easily. Similarly, we will tackle air pollution this year as well.”
In the meeting held on Saturday, it was informed that Fatehabad, Kaithal, Jind, Karnal, Sirsa and Kurukshetra districts were in the red zone with the highest number of fire cases last year, while Jhajjar, Panipat, Sonipat and Rohtak were in the yellow colour. These districts were asked to set up at least one Custom Hiring Center (CHC) in each hotspot village. These centers will provide machinery and equipment to the farmers for harvesting crops. The officials were also asked to regularly monitor 119 villages falling in red zone and 723 villages in yellow color.
“Our target is to reduce the number of fires across the state and increase the area with zero stubble burning this year. We have deployed two officers to monitor the red category villages and one in the yellow category areas,” said an agriculture department official.
The districts have also been asked to conduct awareness campaign against stubble burning and to provide panchayat land for storage of stubble. A team of officers of pollution, revenue, panchayat, police and agriculture departments is being formed at the village level to stop stubble burning.
According to data compiled by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), Delhi-NCR witnessed the highest number of fires in the past few years in September 2020. In September 2016, a total of 759 farm fires broke out within a 400 km radius of Delhi.
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