The Delhi Municipal Corporation (MCD) sealed eight industrial units in Shahdara North on Saturday after a joint inspection found them involved in activities that officials said were causing air and water pollution. The action was carried out by a combined team of the MCD, BSES and Delhi Police, with electricity connections to the units also disconnected.
According to the MCD, the inspection campaign was conducted to identify industrial establishments carrying out polluting activities in the area. Teams inspected units operating in Ward 247, covering Sadatpur, and Ward 248, covering Karawal Nagar. The civic body said five jeans-dyeing factories and three plastic-granule manufacturing units were identified during the inspection.
The eight units were sealed immediately and their power supply was cut, the MCD said. The action targets industrial activity being carried out in areas where operations may not conform to applicable land-use and environmental requirements. The civic administration has described such locations as non-conforming areas and said it is increasing surveillance of units operating there.
The enforcement drive is part of a wider instruction issued to deputy commissioners across all MCD zones. Municipal Commissioner Sanjeev Khirwar has directed officials to identify and stop polluting activities in non-conforming areas through continuous inspection and enforcement, according to the report.
The MCD said coordination with other departments and agencies would continue as part of efforts to control industrial pollution. The involvement of BSES in disconnecting electricity and the Delhi Police in the joint operation indicates that the enforcement action relied on coordination between municipal, power-distribution and law-enforcement agencies rather than on a civic sealing order alone.
Khirwar also directed officials to establish accountability for the concerned officers and ensure that action against units violating rules is taken within a defined timeframe and according to procedure. He said negligence at any level in pollution-control efforts would not be accepted and that the administration’s objective was to control polluting activities and provide Delhi residents with a clean and healthy environment.
The report does not specify the individual violations recorded against each factory, the statutory notices issued before sealing, or the conditions under which the units may seek permission to reopen. It also does not provide details of any testing results, penalties or follow-up compliance inspections. The MCD’s stated next step is continued inspection and enforcement across non-conforming areas in all zones.
