Five Gurugram construction sites sealed over dust-control violations

Five construction sites in Gurugram, including three in Udyog Vihar, were sealed on Tuesday during a dust-control enforcement drive by the Haryana State Pollution Control Board.

Officials from the board’s regional office (north) inspected the sites and posted sealing notices at their gates after finding non-compliance with directions issued by the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) and requirements linked to HSPCB’s dust portal.

The sites must halt work while Delhi-NCR is under a CAQM-ordered pause on construction and demolition activity from November 5 to 20. The restrictions cover work on highways, roads, flyovers and pipelines.

Projects on plots of 500 square metres or more must register on the state dust-mitigation portal, install geo-fenced PTZ cameras and PM2.5 and PM10 sensors, and link live feeds to pollution-control monitoring systems. Gurugram sites had earlier been given four days to install webcams or face sealing.

HSPCB officials said inspections would continue across the region.