Summary:
New Delhi: To control factors contributing to pollution, Delhi Chief Secretary Vijay Kumar Dev on Friday directed various implementing agencies to check encroachments on major traffic corridors, remove construction and demolition (C&D) waste, and close down polluting industries by November 13. In an order to all the agencies, the chief secretary also marked the officers responsible for each task. According to the order, Dev asked the Delhi Police to check illegal parking and street hawking, and encroachments on major traffic corridors. The chief secretary also asked the Delhi Pollution Control Committee to close down polluting industries. The chief secretary also asked Delhi Police to prevent dumping of C&D waste, garbage and plastic waste and provide protection to all enforcement teams..