The Ghaziabad district administration on Wednesday directed schools to operate in hybrid mode till Class 5, wherever possible, under the GRAP-3 measures in place curb rising air pollution.
These teams would be required to conduct regular inspections in their respective jurisdictions to ensure that no construction activity of any kind is taking place. The meeting was attended by representatives from the Municipal Corporation, Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA), all municipal councils, the Housing Development Board (Awas Vikas Parishad), the Public Works Department (PWD), and of the Deputy Commissioner of Police (Traffic), the Assistant Regional Transport Officer (ARTO), and the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board Mandar directed relevant agencies – including the Municipal Corporation, Ghaziabad Development Authority, all municipal councils, the Housing Development Board, and the Public Works Department – to form at least 5 teams each.
The district basic education officer was directed to that classes up to Grade 5 in all schools across the district are conducted, as far as possible, in a hybrid mode.
The DM instructed instructed officials from all relevant departments to carry out the recent orders on a top-priority basis, warning that “negligence or apathy” regarding these prevention measures would not be tolerated, the press release stated.
