According to 'winter action plan' issued by Gautam Buddh Nagar district administration, 'police have been asked to ensure that vehicles not destined for Noida or Greater Noida use bypasses or peripheral expressways.'
The move comes after Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal last month directed PWD officials to improve greenery to reduce dust pollution in the city.
An AQI between 0-50 is marked good, 51-100 is satisfactory, 101-200 is moderate, 201- 300 is poor, 301-400 is very poor and 401-500 is considered severe.
Delhi govt on Thursday launched an 'anti-dust campaign' which will continue till October 29.
Delhi Air Pollution: A major increase in pollution levels is seen from October 15 to November 1. The average PM2.5 level reach 285 micrograms per cubic meter from 80 micrograms per cubic metre,ö an environment department official said.
"We had a meeting with all govt construction agencies on Sept 14 and with private agencies on Sept 17. In the meeting, we discussed 14 point agenda," Gopal Rai said.
Punjab annually generates 20 million tonnes of paddy straw, which is normally set on fire to quickly clear the fields for the next crop, resulting in choking of the National Capital Region (NCR) in October and November and causing major health effects.
Kejriwal said the Delhi government has formed 75 teams for the inspection of construction and demolition sites to control dust pollution, and 250 teams to keep a check on waste burning.
Addressing the annual session of industry body PHDCCI, the road transport minister said that his ministry has spent Rs 60,000 crore on road infrastructure development -- an effort that also helped in reducing air pollution in Delhi.
DM Rakesh Singh said stringent 26 illegal furnaces were identified and bulldozed on Thursday.
Delhi govt had conducted a review meeting with all state-run agencies engaged in construction work in Delhi and they were told to submit their action plan to prevent dust pollution by Sep 21.
Taking to Twitter, the chief minister said the decision has been taken in the wake of the pollution situation in the national capital, in the last three years during Diwali.
The Delhi government had last year distributed the bio-decomposer free of cost which was used by farmers on 1,935 acres of land in 39 villages to convert stubble into manure.
Air quality has significantly worsened in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh, Reuters quoted the report's statement.
Arvind Kejriwal has inaugurated a smog tower at Baba Kharak Singh Marg in the Connaught Place area of Delhi. The tower will purify 1,000 cubic metres of air per second within a radius of around 1 km.
As per the Delhi govt, the scheme - "Real-time Source Apportionment" will be executed by a joint team from the IIT-Kanpur, IIT-Delhi, The Energy & Resources Institute and Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali.
The predominant pollutant will be PM10 as the strong surface winds are favorable for raising dust locally and transport of dust from nearby region, said the the National Weather Forecasting Centre of the IMD.
Meteorology would be partly responsible for this trend, but it could also be a reflection of weakening of pollution control-measures and efforts in the city and region, it said.
According to the National Weather Forecasting Centre of IMD, the predominant pollutant will be PM10. The strong surface winds are favourable for raising dust locally and for transporting of dust from nearby region.
The loss of smell, a condition known as anosmia, can severely impact a person's quality of life, making it extremely difficult to taste foods, detect airborne hazards in the environment, and carry out other functions dependent on the senses.
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