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The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) on Sunday said that it has issued challans amounting to over 2 crore to those found guilty of engaging in illegal construction and demolition (C&D), thereby violating air pollution norms under the Graded Response Action Plan (Grap) in the last 17 days.ly..
In its action taken report, MCD said that between November 2 and 18, more than 1,009 challans related to C&D activities have been issued with cumulative amount of 2.03 crore..
PWD has also provided 60 anti-smog guns to combat dust pollution in 13 hot spots, including Narela, Bawana, Mundka, Wazirpur, Rohini, RK Puram, Okhla, Jahangirpuri, Anand Vihar, Vivek Vihar, Punjabi Bagh, Ashok Vihar and Dwarka..
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