Union Environment Minister reviews Uttar Pradesh's Air Pollution Action Plan for Delhi-NCR, with Chief Minister (UP)

Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change held a review meeting with the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and senior officials in Lucknow to assess Uttar Pradesh's Air Pollution Action Plan for Delhi-NCR. The discussions focused on pre-winter season preparations and emission-mitigation measures, including road dust management through mechanical sweeping and geo-tagging, promotion of electric mobility and EV charging infrastructure, phasing out and scientific scrapping of end-of-life vehicles, implementation of the 'No PUCC, No Fuel' initiative via automatic number plate recognition, and industrial pollution control. Other areas reviewed included construction and demolition waste management, legacy waste liquidation, crop residue management machinery procurement to address stubble burning, and a whole-of-society approach involving public participation.