India, Sept. 9 -- A review meeting was held on 08.09.2026 under the Chairmanship of Shri Rajesh Verma, Chairperson, Commission for Air Quality Management in NCR and Adjoining Areas (CAQM), with the Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) regarding compliance with the Commission's Statutory Directions, which mandate the registration of all C&D projects having a plot area of 500 sq. metres or above and the installation of functional video monitoring systems on the State/GNCTD web portal for remote monitoring of dust mitigation measures.

CAQM has been undertaking sample-based remote monitoring of C&D sites through the web portal of the HSPCB since 2024. During the monitoring exercises, several discrepancies have been observed, including...