CAQM extends PTZ camera monitoring to every industry covered by Direction No. 98 in the NCR
16 October 2026
The Commission for Air Quality Management in the National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas has made pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) camera based remote monitoring compulsory for all industries covered by its statutory Direction No. 98. The order supersedes the Commission's earlier order dated 05.10.2026. It covers the 17 categories of highly polluting industries identified by the Central Pollution Control Board, medium and large Red Category air-polluting units, food, food processing and textile units running boilers or thermic fluid heaters, and metal industries with furnaces. Cameras must cover fuel feeding and charging points, gas meters and metering arrangements, stack emission and OCEMS sampling or port-hole locations, and fume extraction areas, with enough cameras to avoid significant blind spots. Live video must be streamed over Real Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP) to designated CPCB and State Pollution Control Board or DPCC servers and portals. Industries must comply by 30.11.2026, and the governments of Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and the GNCTD are to help implement the order.
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CAQM Commission for Air Quality Management in the National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas — A statutory commission that issues binding directions on air quality in Delhi and the neighbouring states.
OCEMS Online Continuous Emission Monitoring System — Equipment that continuously measures a plant's stack emissions and transmits the readings to regulators.