Under the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP), the pollution regulatory authority has banned the use of diesel generators in Delhi and NCR region from Thursday.
However, the use of generators for emergency and essential services, such as hospitals, railway and metro stations, are excluded from the ban.
As per the pollution department in Gurugram, there are around 11,000 generators operational in the city, both in the residential and industrial sectors.
In Gurugram, there are around 67 societies and condominiums, housing at least 1.5 lakh residents, which are either partially or heavily dependent on gensets.
