Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav reviewed air quality measures with Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta
Meeting focused on implementation gaps in road dust mitigation, intelligent traffic management, EV transition and waste management measures
Road dust mitigation requires focused approach to meet annual targets for road redevelopment
Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with Central Road Research Institute (CRRI) and School of Planning and Architecture (SPA) to be finalized by end of May 2026
Deployment of 78 large and medium Mechanized Road Sweeping Machines (MRSMs) along with 1,000 litter pickers required by September 2026
Electric bus procurement gap to be bridged through phase-wise action plan by October 2026
Rapid augmentation of EV public charging infrastructure across the city needed
Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras to be installed at all border entry points by September 2026
15 stretches in Delhi to be developed as signal-free corridors by September 2026
New parking facilities to be created by December 2026 as per approved plan
Regular calibration of Online Continuous Emission Monitoring Systems (OCEMS) and Air Pollution Control Devices (APCDs) required across industrial units
Construction and demolition (C&D) waste processing capacity gap of nearly 1,000 tonnes per day identified
Additional C&D waste processing facilities to be augmented by December 2026
Municipal Corporation of Delhi to ensure geotagging of all C&D waste transport vehicles by July 2026
Every active construction site to be inspected at least once every month
Legacy waste liquidation targets to be achieved within committed timelines
Fresh municipal solid waste processing facilities to be augmented by September 2026
Green crematorium facilities to be ensured at all 36 identified locations in Delhi
