The Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) sealed 27 hotels near the IGI Airport in South Delhi’s Mahipalpur till Friday evening for violating pollution control norms.
The Committee is in the process of sealing more hotels in the area.
The government has ordered sealing of 77 budget hotels near the airport, which it claims, have been operating without fulfilling environment norms.
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Delhi Environment Minister Asim Ahmed Khan said: “On National Green Tribunal’s direction, the DPCC checked the documents of all 77 hotels and found they were operating without licence from the civic bodies and Delhi Police. They also did not have pollution-checking devices.”
The hotels were also drawing water from 30 borewells without permission to use groundwater.
The hotels were operating without licence from municipal corporations and Delhi Police