The 7th Meeting of the Air Quality Monitoring Committee (AQMC) constituted by Govt. of Punjab in compliance of directions of National Green Tribunal (NGT) held under the Chairmanship of Mr. Rakesh Verma, IAS, Principal Secretary, Department of Science, Technology and Environment, Govt. of Punjab on 09.09.19 at Chandigarh.
The committee reviewed the progress of implementation of Action Plans for Clean Air for 9 Non-attainment cities (DeraBassi, Naya Nangal, Patiala, Amritsar, Khanna, Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Dera Baba Nanak and Mandi Gobindgarh), prepared by Department of Environment in compliance of NGT directions.
The progress for the month of August, 2019 w.r.t monitoring of Air quality for 9 non-attainment cities were reviewed by the committee. While reviewing the status of various activities of individual stakeholder departments, it was observed that some activities which are a non- starter, extremely slow or slow need to be expedited by the concerned departments. The committee directed all the departments to ensure that various activities are carried out within the timeframe, failing which environmental compensation shall be imposed on the concerned department.