# Gurugram bans coal, wood-fired tandoors in eateries 2026-11-11T15:48:32+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 3 independent outlets Gurugram Deputy Commissioner and District Magistrate Uttam Singh has ordered hotels, restaurants and roadside eateries across the district to stop using coal and wood in their tandoors with immediate effect. Under the revised guidelines of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) from the Commission for Air Quality Management, only electric, gas-powered or other approved clean-fuel equipment is now allowed, an official said. The district magistrate directed the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram, the Municipal Corporation of Manesar and Haryana State Pollution Control Board officials to ensure strict compliance. All sub-divisional magistrates must coordinate with municipal authorities and enforcement agencies for implementation. Officials have been instructed to carry out regular inspections, take action against violations and submit daily reports. The order follows CAQM's revised GRAP schedule dated 29 September 2026. Update, 12 November 2026: The Times of India adds that the ban follows CAQM's revised GRAP schedule dated 29 September 2026, and that CAQM direction no. 66, issued in August 2022, had already prohibited coal and firewood in tandoors. HSPCB had adopted the approved fuels list for NCR and non-NCR areas of Haryana through a subsequent order. ## Indian Opinion Analysis All three outlets report the same factual order, attributing it to an official statement and to CAQM's GRAP schedule of 29 September 2026. The Times of India adds the detail that CAQM direction no. 66, issued in August 2022, had already prohibited coal and firewood in tandoors, and that HSPCB had subsequently adopted the approved fuels list. No outlet frames the ban as controversial or political, coverage is uniform straight reporting. The key next step is the daily action-taken reports the administration has directed the concerned authorities to submit to the HSPCB regional officer. ## Coverage Coverage: 3 sources, 3 neutral - economictimes.indiatimes.com (neutral report) Straight factual report of the order and implementation - hindustantimes.com (neutral report) Straight factual report with similar details - timesofindia.indiatimes.com (neutral report) Adds historical CAQM direction no. 66 from 2022 This brief was synthesised by AI from the 3 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry. Tags: Commission for Air Quality Management, Gurugram, Haryana State Pollution Control Board, Municipal Corporation of Gurugram, Uttam Singh Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/gurugram-bans-coal-and-wood-tandoors-at-eateries-under-grap-norms/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/gurugram-bans-coal-and-wood-tandoors-at-eateries-under-grap-norms/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/