CAQM expands industrial camera monitoring; 30 November deadline announced

What is covered

The original notice names the 17 CPCB categories of highly polluting industries, medium and large red-category air-polluting industries, food-processing and textile units using boilers or thermic-fluid heaters, and metal industries with furnaces.

Required views include fuel-feeding or charging points, relevant gas meters and gauges, industrial stacks and monitoring locations, and applicable fume-extraction areas. The aim is visibility of fuel use and relevant operations rather than merely installing a camera at a building entrance.

Connectivity and responsibility

The notice requires continuous real-time feeds to designated pollution-control servers or portals, with functional communications, adequate image clarity and suitable power backup. Camera positioning must avoid significant blind spots, with additional cameras where necessary.

The New Indian Express’s full 16 October report confirms the revised coverage and November deadline. It also explains that industries are responsible for functionality, maintenance and reporting prolonged transmission failures to the appropriate authority.

How to use the update

Covered operators should consult the original direction and the applicable regulator’s instructions for their own site. A news summary is useful for understanding the change but does not substitute for checking each equipment location and connectivity requirement.

For general readers, this is an expansion of compliance monitoring, not evidence that every industrial emission is already continuously observed or that NCR pollution has fallen by a measured amount. The dates to retain are the 16 October announcement and the 30 November deadline.

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