The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has stepped up its GRAP-3 enforcement with coordinated drives across several zones, targeting polluting industrial units, insanitary hotspots and biomass burning to curb rising pollution levels in the city, an official said on Friday.
In West Zone, a joint team of the MCD, Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC), BSES, and the Sub-Divisional Magistrate carried out a crackdown on illegal industrial units operating in Bindapur’s Ward 116.
“Four establishments, including two coal-fired bhatti units, a chemical factory and a noodle manufacturing unit, were sealed for violating pollution control regulations,” an officer mentioned.
Authorities said these units were identified as significant contributors to air and water pollution in the locality.
Responding to a citizen’s complaint on social media about unhygienic conditions near the railway tracks at Azadpur Railway Station, the Keshavpuram Zone launched an extensive sanitation drive. “The 1.5-acre triangular stretch, surrounded by jhuggi clusters on Railway land, had been heavily littered with municipal waste,” he added.
MCD teams deployed heavy machinery, sanitation workers and waste-collection vehicles to clear the area and restore cleanliness.
Meanwhile, in Shahdara North Zone, officials issued 24 challans for biomass burning, a major contributor to seasonal smog. Enforcement teams have intensified patrols to deter repeat offences.
The zone also conducted an encroachment-removal operation on Sewadham Road to ease congestion and improve environmental conditions.
The MCD has urged residents to cooperate by avoiding waste burning, following environmental norms and helping maintain hygiene in their neighbourhoods, reaffirming its commitment to citywide pollution control efforts.