The civic agencies in the capital have prosecuted nearly 6,400 violators for causing air pollution and recovered a fine of Rs6.17 crores from July 2016 to 2017, revealed the data released by the three Municipal Corporations (MCDs) on Tuesday. In east Delhi, the MCD issued 630 challans for burning leaves and 2,303 for prevalent air pollution at construction sites. Apart from this, the civic agencies have also taken action against the people stacking construction material and running illegal industries in the city. The purpose of the drive is to keep the environment pollution free and not challan people unnecessarily, said Praveen Gupta, commissioner, North Corporation. The South MCD issued 905 challans to people who parked their old vehicles on roadsides for long time.

Source: Hindustan Times July 25, 2017 18:22 UTC