8 hotspots marked in Noida, Greater Noida, strict action plan to check pollution in winters

The Gautam Buddh Nagar district administration said they have identified as many as eight key air pollution hot spots local authorities have been directed to ensure implementation of an action plan to check pollution during winters.

Noida: The Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board has identified eight key air pollution hot spots in Noida and Greater Noida, the Gautam Buddh Nagar district administration has said and directed local authorities to ensure implementation of an action plan to check pollution during winters.

The major air pollution sources have been identified as road dust, construction and demolition (C&D) waste, industrial dust emissions, unpaved roads and traffic congestion, the administration said in a communication on Wednesday to all three local industrial development authorities and other departments concerned.

The hot spots identified are Sector 7X (a collective of group housing societies in sector 73 to 78 of Noida), Sector 150, the Yamuna Pusta area, the Noida-Greater Noida Expressway, the Dadri road, the underpass and building construction along Noida-Greater Noida Expressway, Greater Noida West and UPSIDC industrial areas, it said.