The Delhi pollution control committee will have to commission a study of illegal and small industrial units operating in Delhi. This directive was passed on Friday by the Environment Pollution Control and Prevention Authority (EPCA) while discussing the graded action plan with senior officials from the ministry of environment and forests, Central Pollution Control Board, all the respective state pollution control boards, and the Met department. Many industrial units have moved to unauthorised colonies of which the Delhi Pollution Control Committee does not even have a list. According to a 2013 report by Delhi-based NGO Toxics Link, there are more than 1 lakh industrial units operating in unauthorised, non-conforming zones located in residential areas, out of a total of 1.30 lakh industrial units in Delhi. Delhi environment secretary Chandraker Bharti, who was present at the meeting, proposed that non-destined trucks should be stopped at the NCR border instead of Delhi border as is being done presently.

Source: Hindustan Times January 20, 2017 18:01 UTC