Delhi launches AI centre to monitor 700+ construction sites

Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Thursday, 1 October 2026, launched the Integrated Command and Control Centre (ICCC) of the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) at Delhi Metro Rail Corporation's IT Park in Shastri Park. The centre will use AI-enabled CCTV cameras to track over 700 construction sites round the clock in three shifts, Hindustan Times and India Today report. Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa said the centre will monitor PM10 levels at sites over 500 square metres, detect open waste and biomass burning, and track mechanical road sweepers via GPS. Officials will wear body cameras to record inspections, and an intelligent traffic management system will adjust signal timings to reduce vehicular pollution, he added.

The government has deployed 78 subdivisional teams for winter enforcement and launched the 'Jan Suggestion' portal for citizen input. Sirsa said 7.2 million trees have been planted against a target of 7 million. The Delhi Cabinet has also approved procurement of 30 smaller electric road sweeping machines to clean narrower roads, expected to cover 854 roads across 250 wards, The Indian Express reports. Separately, the Commission for Air Quality Management in NCR on Tuesday, 29 September 2026, tightened winter pollution curbs under a revised GRAP, withdrawing an exemption for non-BS-VI trucks carrying essential commodities and adding Sonipat to high-vehicle-density districts, The Hindu reports.