dpcc issues s.o.p. for pollution penalties at c&D sites in capital
New Delhi, Aug. 29 -- The Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) has issued a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for calculating environmental compensation (EC) on construction and demolition sites that are violating norms, following directions from the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM), officials said on Thursday.
The move comes after CAQM's June 5 and July 29 orders which asked pollution boards to assess the actual number of violation days before imposing penalties and to consider credible evidence provided by project developers for a fair calculation.
According to the SOP, developers will now have to submit inspection reports signed by senior officials, email or postal correspondence with DPCC and CAQM, geo-tagged and time-s...
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