Gopal Rai: Ministers to be on ground to ensure GRAP curbs are followed

“We have been getting news that these measures are not being followed strictly on ground. Today, we had a meeting with the ministers of the Delhi government. Implementation is seen as a big challenge…activity that should be seen on the ground is not being seen. The ministers have expressed their disappointment over the administrative negligence, the laxity. To monitor this, we have decided that ministers will go on the ground,” Rai said.

While Rai will monitor the north and northeast districts, Minister Kailash Gahlot has been assigned the southwest and west districts, Atishi the east and southeast districts, Saurabh Bharadwaj the south and New Delhi districts, Imran Hussain the Central and Shahdara districts, and Raaj Kumar Anand the northwest district.

The ministers will focus on visits in border areas such as Singhu border, Ghazipur border, Kapashera border, Gurgaon border, and Bahadurgarh border, along with construction sites, where dust-control measures should be ensured even if construction remains banned. Bus depots will also be visited as part of the exercise.

Senior officials and department heads have also been asked to monitor the situation from the ground, Rai said. “Over the next week, there is a likelihood that wind conditions will remain the same. In these circumstances, what we can do is control the sources (of pollution),” he added.