India, March 31 -- The Haryana State Pollution Control Board will begin special drives next week to crack down on unauthorised use of diesel generator (DG) sets across identified hotspots in Gurugram, officials said on Monday.

Multiple vigilance squads have been formed to conduct inspections at industrial and commercial sites in Sector 37, Udyog Vihar, Sector 29, Kadipur, Daulatabad, Mohammedpur, Narsimpur, Basai and Behrampur, officials said.

Akansha Tanwar, regional officer of HSPCB in Gurugram (north), said strict action will be taken against units using non-compliant DG sets. "The direction issued by the Commission for Air Quality Management prohibited the use of DG sets with no retrofitted emission control devices (RECD) and dual-f...