Gurugram may escape Epca’s diesel generator ban yet again

In an indication that Haryana’s NCR districts may be exempted from the ban on diesel generator sets, the Supreme Court-mandated Environment Pollution (Prevention & Control) Authority (Epca) on Thursday sought a “detailed and comprehensive affidavit” from the state government on power supply to societies still reliant on diesel gensets.

While the ban has not been rescinded, Epca chairman, Bhure Lal, wrote to the Trilok Gupta, additional chief secretary (power), seeking a detailed road map to resolve the situation.

If granted, this would be the fourth consecutive year that Gurugram, Faridabad and other NCR districts have been exempted from the purview of the Graded Response Action Plan’s (Grap) clause against the use of diesel generator (DG) sets throughout winter, from October 15 to March 15.