NEW DELHI: The Delhi government has directed the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB) to conduct a survey across all slum areas to identify families still using traditional stoves or coal-fired heaters.
CM Rekha Gupta said Ujjwala Yojana benefits will be extended to such families to help them transition to cleaner cooking fuel, in a move to control pollution.
She said teams of officials are already on the ground, taking action against pollution sources and implementing targeted measures to clean identified hotspots.
Based on the findings of the survey, the government will prepare a list of families still dependent on traditional fuels and prioritise them for Ujjwala gas connections.
The government said that pollution control cannot be limited to industrial or vehicular sectors alone, it also requires intervention at the domestic level. Smoke emitted from stoves and coal burners in slum areas not only pollutes the air but also poses serious health hazards to residents.