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Delhi govt launches 15-point winter action plan to combat air pollution

Will install 233 anti-smog guns, form teams to check dust pollution, garbage burning and enforce cracker ban

Pollution, Delhi pollution
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Nitin Kumar New Delhi
As the smoggy winter months inch closer in the National Capital Region (NCR), the Delhi government announced a 15-point ‘Winter Action Plan’ to curb air pollution in the Capital, which would include the installation of 233 anti-smog guns and deployment of at least 150 mobile anti-smog guns.

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that teams will be formed to check dust pollution, garbage and paddy straw burning, monitor pollution hotspots, and enforce the ban on firecrackers. He added that the use of the Pusa bio-decomposer will be promoted.

Besides, the government is carrying out research in collaboration with IIT-Kanpur to know

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