Haryana Government has taken several initiatives to maintain a balance between development and the environment.
Several initiatives taken to maintain a balance between development and environment in Haryana, Chief Minister
29 continuous ambient air quality monitoring stations set up in the state, 21 Stations in 14 districts of NCR, Manohar Lal
Incentives are given to farmers, soon Haryana will be free from crop residue burning incidents, Chief Minister
Chandigarh, March 7: Haryana Government has taken several initiatives to maintain a balance between development and the environment. Through e-vehicle policy, the state government took several significant decisions to encourage e-vehicles to reduce vehicular pollution.
This was stated by Haryana Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal through his message at the launch of ‘Swachh Vayu Samvad’ organized at the Apparel House in Gurugram.
Sh. Manohar Lal said that out of the total 22 districts of Haryana, 14 districts are affected by the NCR policies. More than 60 percent area of the state comes under NCR. After Delhi, it’s the areas of Haryana that are facing the brunt of increasing pollution levels, he added.
Several concrete initiatives have been taken to monitor the air quality of the districts falling in the NCR region of the state. As many as 29 continuous ambient air quality monitoring stations (CAAQMS) have been set up in the State out of which 21 stations have been set up in 14 districts of NCR, informed the Chief Minister.
He said that, besides this, in the last several years, concrete steps are being taken by the State Government to reduce the incidents of crop residue burning as well. The in situ and ex situ policies of the Central Government have been successfully implemented by Haryana shared Sh. Manohar Lal.
The Chief Minister said that eco-friendly harvesting equipment is being distributed to the farmers to prevent the burning of crop residues. We hope that soon Haryana will be free from the incidents of crop residue burning, added Sh. Manohar Lal.
Haryana is in the process of setting up more CAAQMS for better monitoring and awareness among the general public. Some specific and targeted areas have been identified for pollution control in the state. To improve these, it is planned to convert air pollution hotspots into green spots by taking various measures in each district such as plantation, road topping, regulation of industrial emissions, control of vehicular pollution and management of C&D waste and solid waste, informed Sh. Manohar Lal.
The Chief Minister said that the State Government is also making efforts to spread awareness among the general public about converting such hotspots into green spots. As far as control of industrial pollution is concerned, we have already adopted the policy for mandatory installation of Online Emission Monitoring Devices in all Red Category Units in our NCR districts, shared Sh. Manohar Lal.
These devices are connected to the servers of the Central Pollution Control Board and State Pollution Control Board. A dedicated Monitoring Cell is being set up at the Headquarters of the State Pollution Control Board to continuously monitor the emission activities of all the industries and the air quality of the State, shared the Chief Minister.
“We sincerely hope that the conference of technical experts, policymakers, implementing agencies, civil society organizations and industrialists in this two-day dialogue programme will deliberate on important issues of air pollution and meaningful ways to solve them,” said Sh. Manohar Lal.
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