The Commission for Air Quality Management has ordered NCR industries to install extra cameras at fuel storage and charging points to curb the use of unapproved fuels.

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• On 6 October 2026, the Commission for Air Quality Management directed industries in the NCR to install additional Pan-Tilt-Zoom cameras by 31 October 2026.
• The cameras must cover all fuel storage areas and fuel charging points, and the gas gauge or meter where gas-based fuel is used.
• Industries must stream real-time video to the servers of the Central Pollution Control Board and the concerned state pollution control boards or the Delhi Pollution Control Committee, with adequate power backup.
• The CPCB and the state boards and committee must set up portals and infrastructure for remote monitoring and report implementation status to CAQM by 1 November 2026.
• The measure supplements existing CPCB requirements for PTZ cameras and Online Continuous Emission Monitoring Systems.
• It aims to address continued use of unapproved fuels and strengthen monitoring of industrial emissions in the NCR.
• CAQM issued the directions after its flying squads repeatedly found industries using fuels outside the approved list for the NCR.
• The Federation of Indian Micro and Small & Medium Enterprises has warned of a cost burden on MSMEs for cameras and connectivity.
• Camera footage records fuel use visually and does not measure pollutant concentrations, which requires emission-monitoring instruments.
• In October 2025, the CPCB found that 2,010 of 2,361 food processing, textile and metal units in the NCR had not connected their emission monitoring systems.

Tags: CAQM, NCRAirPollution, PTZCameras