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New Delhi
Chief Minister Rekha Gupta connected Friday (December 5, 2025) warned the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) of enactment for flouting particulate power norms astatine metro operation sites.
“Under nary circumstances should operation activities pb to pollution”, Ms. Gupta said portion directing the bureau to mandatorily instrumentality effectual dust-control measures astatine each its operation sites, a communique from the CM bureau said.
CM has besides directed the Metro to guarantee regular cleaning and removal of garbage from beneath its elevated routes.
The directions were issued during the high-level reappraisal gathering successful which officials of DMRC, transport curate Pankaj Kumar Singh, Chief Secretary Rajeev Verma, and elder officials from assorted departments of the Delhi Government were besides present.
During the meeting, the Chief Minister expressed displeasure implicit continuous complaints that dense particulate is rising from astir Metro operation sites and that capable dust-mitigation measures person not been implemented.
“Citizens person besides complained that adjacent erstwhile Metro enactment is completed, roads, footpaths and different infrastructure person not been repaired, resulting successful contamination and causing postulation obstructions, Ms Gupta pointed retired successful the meeting.
She added that she herself has observed heaps of garbage nether the Metro’s elevated routes, indicating negligence successful maintaining cleanliness.
CM further remarked that it appears the Metro uses its elevated structures chiefly for advertising, portion cleanliness is being ignored. “...An instauration arsenic reputed arsenic the Metro is expected to go a exemplary for biology protection, not appearing to beryllium portion of the problem,” she said.
As the DMRC officials elaborated the measures being taken by them to mitigate the contamination concerns, CM issued wide instructions to them for mandatorily utilizing modern technologies for particulate power astatine operation sites. “Construction materials should beryllium covered, regular h2o sprinkling indispensable beryllium ensured, and ungraded oregon debris indispensable not spill onto the roads,” she directed the DMRC.
Claiming that the authorities and its departments are moving connected a warfare footing against contamination and that immoderate negligence by immoderate section contributing to contamination volition not beryllium tolerated, CM besides said that she would soon sojourn the ongoing Metro operation sites, and if immoderate negligence is found, stringent enactment volition beryllium taken against the Metro.
She categorically said that beryllium it the Metro, Municipal Corporation, Public Works Department, oregon immoderate different agency, if immoderate negligence contributing to contamination is found, strict and exemplary enactment volition beryllium taken
