Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo reviews steps taken to improve air quality in Jammu, Srinagar

Jammu, January 29

In the UT Apex Committee meeting of National Clean Air Programme (NCAP), Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo on Monday took stock of all the measures taken to improve the overall quality of air in the twin cities of Jammu and Srinagar.

During the meeting, the Chief Secretary impressed upon the concerned city administrations to take all measures to improve the air quality in these twin cities as envisaged under this national programme. He asked them to show more commitment toward this significant matter and ensure that the targets set for the two cities are met without fail.

Dulloo further took note of the expenditure made till date under this national programme and the works carried out to make quality of air better. He stressed on making strenuous efforts to complete all the ongoing works within this financial year. He also directed for accelerating the pace of tendering and other preliminary processes to execute other projects taken up under this programme.

Additional Chief Secretary, Forests, Dheeraj Gupta said the National Clean Air Programme is a comprehensive time bound action programme launched by MoEFCC, Govt of India, in January 2019 with an objective to improve air quality, especially for non-attainment cities.

He said that a baseline has been given for each identified city and target set to be achieved for the concerned city administration to improve the air quality there.

The meeting was also apprised that funds to the tune of Rs 94.60 crore have been received by the municipal bodies of twin cities for making meaningful intervention in this regard. It was said that 19 air quality monitoring stations have been set up in Jammu and Srinagar for providing the real time updates.

Reducing pollution

• Rs 94.60 crore have been received by the municipal bodies of twin cities for making meaningful intervention to improve air quality
• Data for air quality on different parameters is checked and displayed on screens for information of general public
• 19 air quality monitoring stations have been set up in Jammu and Srinagar for providing the real-time updates