319 non-PNG industrial units shut, polluting vehicles fined Rs 49 lakh since Nov 16: DPCC

Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) on Saturday said it h shut down 319 n-PNG industrial units and issued challans totalling Rs 49 lakh to polluting vehicles in national capital since vember 16. "Environmental Compensation of Rs 49 lakh has been imposed on 63 visibly polluting vehicles till vember 23. vehicles have been impounded by Transport Department," pollution control body said.

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558 vehicles impounded

According to DPCC, 1,807 vehicles were challaned for plying without pollution-under-control certificates. Of se, 558 vehicles were impounded. On directions of Supreme Court, revenue department inspected about 1,500 kerosene oil depots.

Only 44 pollution-related complaints are pending

ne of m was found storing or selling kerosene, it said. "As many as 319 industrial units operating on fuels or than piped natural gas (PNG) have been closed down. A total of 1,165 industrial units, earlier running on n-PNG fuels, have switched to gas," DPCC said. Of 1,099 pollution-related complaints raised through Central Pollution Control Board's Sameer mobile application, only 44 are pending, it said. 

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