The Commission for Air Quality Management in the National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas (CAQM) on October 15, 2026, issued a notification regarding remote monitoring of compliance of air-polluting industries in NCR - installation of PTZ cameras.
The following has been stated: -
•The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) has superseded its Order dated October 05, 2026, mandating the installation of Pan-Tilt-Zoom (PTZ) cameras for remote compliance monitoring by all 17 categories of highly polluting industries, Red Category medium and large air-polluting industries, Food and Food Processing and Textile industries having boilers/thermic fluid heaters, and Metal industries having furnaces operating in the National Capital Region (NCR).
•Cameras must be installed at fuel-feeding/charging points of boilers, thermic fluid heaters, furnaces, kilns and other fuel-fired equipment, as applicable.
•Industries using gaseous fuels must position cameras to capture gas meters, gauges and associated metering arrangements.
•The measures aim to monitor fuel usage, prevent unauthorised fuel consumption and strengthen compliance with prescribed emission standards and pollution-control requirements.
The detailed notification is given in the document below.
[Notification No.: F. No. A-1 1013/09i2020/MERD/2318]
