App to let people report garbage burning

An app which lets people report incidents of leaf and garbage burning and construction dust to government authorities has been launched by the Supreme Court appointed Environmental Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority for Delhi & NCR (EPCA).

Each complaint on the 'hawa badlo' app will be geo-referenced and will provide information about the time and location where the evidence of violation has been collected and submitted.

EPCA will forward the complaint to the official-in-charge, who is identified through the location and type of violation.

The app has been designed by EPCA, along with the municipal corporations and concerned departments of the state governments of Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.

It also lets officials to resolve cases and then upload evidence about what has been done, including the copy of the challan. The concerned officer will have to provide proof in the form of photos tagged with GPS locations as conclusive proof of resolution of a case.

It will generate weekly reports on the status of the cases and action taken. This will be sent to the concerned officials of the Central and state pollution control boards and municipalities.
DH News Service