The Commission for Air Quality Management in NCR and Adjoining Areas (CAQM) conducted an inspection drive in Faridabad, Haryana, to assess road dust mitigation measures and the upkeep of road stretches maintained by the Municipal Corporation of Faridabad. The drive conducted yesterday under Operation Clean Air is part of an intensified enforcement under the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP).

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change said that the drive was carried out to assess on-ground implementation of road cleaning and sweeping measures and to identify locations prone to visible dust, municipal solid waste accumulation and related issues. Officers from the Haryana State Pollution Control Board and the Central Pollution Control Board were deployed for the inspection.

As part of the drive, 127 road stretches were inspected. The findings revealed that while a substantial number of road stretches exhibited low or no visible dust, several stretches require focused attention. Of the total stretches inspected, 17 were found to have high dust levels and 25 moderate dust levels, while 66 stretches recorded low dust levels, and 19 stretches had no visible dust.