Diesel generators allowed in NCR for essential services till year end, says CAQM

To ease concerns over power disruptions in essential sectors in the National Capital Region, the CAQM on Friday granted a three-month reprieve for the use of diesel generator sets in nine critical categories of emergency services.

The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) had earlier said the ban on diesel generators, imposed every winter to mitigate air pollution, would also cover essential services.

‘Purely in the interest of not disrupting emergency services and permitting more time for adopting emission control mechanisms, the commission, as a one-time exception, has now permitted DG (diesel generator) sets for all capacity ranges, to be run only for emergency services in the NCR (National Capital Region) only up to December 31,’ the CAQM said in a statement.