Delhi-NCR industries without pollution control devices face closure

The Central Pollution Control Board has directed pollution regulators in Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Delhi to issue closure or show-cause notices to units in 17 highly polluting categories that have neither installed nor ordered air pollution control devices. Around 2,300 industries must meet a particulate emission limit of 50 micrograms per cubic metre, with deadlines already extended once.