Last Updated on January 12, 2026 9:06 pm by INDIAN AWAAZ
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Environment Minister Bhupendra Yadav today reviewed Delhi’s Air Pollution Action Plan with Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta while chairing a high-level meeting in New Delhi. During the meeting, Mr Yadav highlighted the need for smart traffic management, particularly at 62 identified congestion hotspots, to ensure smoother traffic flow. The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change informed that the Central Pollution Control Board has issued notices to 88 units that have not installed Online Continuous Emission Monitoring Systems, with closure action to commence from the 23rd of this month.
Emphasising vehicular pollution, the Minister stressed that strict action against polluting vehicles, including a special registration drive, installation of Automatic Number Plate recognition systems at border entry points and exploration of staggered office timings to reduce peak-hour congestion. He also directed that action must be taken against illegally operating and non-conforming units, including sealing where required. Measures such as incentivisation of electric vehicles, accelerated expansion of charging infrastructure, congestion charges, smart parking management and a uniform vehicle registration policy for NCR were also discussed during the meeting.