New Delhi: In a significant move, Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Thursday launched a web portal for self-monitoring of compliance of dust control guidelines at construction and demolition sites in the national capital. The city government simultaneously launched the anti-dust campaign on Thursday. It will continue till 29 October, he said.

Commenting on the launch, Environment Minister said, "It is difficult to monitor all construction sites manually…We will try to bring all such sites on this web portal. The project proponents have to self-audit their compliance of dust control norms and upload a self-declaration on the portal on a fortnightly basis. Starting next week, the government will train all state-run and private agencies engaged in construction and demolition in this regard, the minister said."

The Centre's Commission for Air Quality Management had earlier asked Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh to develop an online mechanism for monitoring of compliance of dust mitigation measures by project proponents in the national capital region. All project proponents are required to compulsorily register on the web portal. The project proponents will be given scores based on their self-assessment. Action will be taken based on the scoring. A notice will be served through the portal itself, he said.

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