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Delhi: Roads cleaning begins to manage rising pollution

PWD begins roads cleaning in Delhi

New Delhi: Amidst the rising air pollution levels in Delhi, Public Works Department (PWD) vehicles on Wednesday morning sprinkled water to limit the effects of pollution. The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) has planned to clean identified roads on a daily basis across the National Capital Region (NCR).

Vacuum sweeping 
The cleaning of roads will include mechanical or vacuum sweeping and water sprinkling on roads to reduce dust pollution. This comes after CAQM invoked the Stage-II Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) across NCR.

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