The status of implementation of various environment action plans on Waste Management, Clean Rivers and Clean Air prepared by Department of Environment in compliance of NGT directions, was reviewed by Sh. Karan A. Singh, Chief Secretary, Punjab on 14.09.19 during a special meeting. The review meeting was attended by senior officers of Deptt, of Local Government, Deptt. of Environment, Punjab Water Supply and Sewerage Board, PMIDC and Punjab Pollution Control Board.
Sh. R.K Verma, Principal Secretary, Deptt. of Environment made a detailed presentation on the progress of various activities of all the action plans upto August, 2019 and Action Taken Report on other NGT directions on various environmental issues pertaining to State of Punjab. While the reviewing progress, Chief Secretary directed the concerned departments to complete all the infrastructure development projects as per the timelines provided in the action plans. It was also decided to set up & operationalize the single integrated dashboard for environmental compliances using IOT based real time online monitoring systems for whole of State by November, 2019.