gurugramUpdated: Oct 09, 2020 07:42 ISTThe chairman of the Supreme Court-appointed Environmental Pollution Control Authority (EPCA), which is tasked with control and prevention of air pollution in Delhi-NCR, has issued a “most urgent” directive to the chief secretary, Haryana, as well as the Haryana State Pollution Control Board, on Thursday evening after a meeting. The directive calls for an immediate and strict ban on use of diesel generators in Gurugram and Faridabad districts starting October 15, when the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) kicks into action. “Over the last two years, exceptions have been made for Haryana and other NCR states over diesel genset ban. But this year, in view of the public health hazard posed by Covid-19, we cannot relax any pollution control rules,” he added. That plan has been reviewed by Epca, and has now been integrated with Grap as they have many overlapping provisions and goals.

Source: Hindustan Times October 08, 2020 18:14 UTC