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What Delhi’s Winter Action Plan changes for drivers, offices and builders

Delhi imposed about Rs 68.4 lakh in fines and compensation on day one of its Winter Action Plan, turning back 1,539 of 14,930 vehicles checked at city borders.

Non-Delhi vehicles below BS-VI standard are barred until January 31, with exemptions.

Offices must limit physical attendance to 50% from November 1 to January 31.

A broader construction and demolition ban applies from December 10 to January 20.

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Parking fees at authorised facilities are doubled until February 28.

On day one, Rs 68.4 lakh was imposed in fines.

Of the total, Rs 56.6 lakh came from fines on vehicles without a valid Pollution Under Control Certificate, Rs 2 lakh from vehicle-entry violations and Rs 9.8 lakh from environmental compensation at construction and demolition sites.

Officials checked 14,930 vehicles, turned back 1,539 at Delhi’s border points and impounded 62, according to Dainik Jagran English.

Another report on the Singhu border alone says Delhi Traffic Police inspected 7,279 vehicles, turned back 714 and impounded 38, so the counts depend on the area covered.

There were 127 challans for vehicle-entry violations and 566 challans for missing pollution certificates, according to the report.

Delhi Traffic Police issued 493 of the pollution-certificate challans, worth Rs 49.3 lakh, and the Transport Department issued 73, worth Rs 7.3 lakh.

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Inspectors visited 300 construction sites and found 32 breaking dust-control norms, according to the report.

They issued 17 closure directions and 19 show-cause notices, and the Rs 9.8 lakh environmental compensation was imposed on the violating sites.

Exempted infrastructure projects were not found violating dust-control requirements, according to Dainik Jagran English.

Non-Delhi-registered vehicles below the BS-VI emission standard are barred from entering Delhi until January 31, with exemptions for CNG and electric vehicles and essential services.

Dust-generating demolition and outdoor civil construction are restricted, except for specified essential public infrastructure.

A broader ban on construction and demolition applies from December 10 to January 20, 2027, with exemptions.

Parking fees at authorised facilities are doubled until February 28, according to the report.

Seasonal haze over northern India, NASA MODIS satellite image of 2024 (file image), Wikimedia Commons, public domain

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