By: Express News ServiceNew Delhi | November 9, 2025 04:57 AM IST 3 min readAs the air quality in the national capital continues to worsen, CM Rekha Gupta on Saturday directed Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB) to conduct a comprehensive survey across all slum areas to identify families still using traditional stoves or coal-fired heaters (angithis). The benefits of the Ujjwala Yojana, said the CM, will be extended to such families to help them transition to cleaner cooking fuel, ensuring both household convenience and effective pollution control.Officially known as the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY), the flagship social welfare scheme launched in May 2016 aims to provide clean cooking fuel to deprived households. Saying that her government is working on a war-footing to curb pollution, Gupta said that a team of officials is already on the ground, taking strict action against sources of pollution and implementing targeted measures to clean identified hotspots.“Based on the findings of the DUSIB survey, the government will prepare a list of families still dependent on traditional fuels and prioritise them for Ujjwala gas connections,” the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) underlined in a statement.“Pollution control cannot be limited to industrial or vehicular sectors alone… it also requires strong intervention at the domestic level. Smoke emitted from stoves and coal burners in slum areas not only pollutes the air but also poses serious health hazards to residents,” she was quoted as saying in the statement.Gupta said, “The government’s goal, therefore, is to ensure that every household has access to clean fuel and that no one is forced to rely on traditional, polluting methods of cooking.”Reaffirming that making Delhi pollution-free remains a top priority, CM said that maintenance vans have been deployed to clean roads and pavements, addressing dust and particulate pollution.Senior officials from the Public Works Department (PWD), Irrigation and Flood Control Department, DUSIB, DSIIDC, and other key agencies along with representatives from MCD and NDMC are on the ground to ensure thorough cleaning of their respective zones, she said.Story continues below this adCM further directed all Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) and civic agencies to deploy every available sanitation resource for comprehensive cleanliness across the city.Concrete measures are being implemented to “cool and clear” pollution hotspots through continuous water sprinkling, mechanical dust suppression, and surface repair of roads and pavements to prevent dust dispersion, said Gupta.“In coordination with all civic agencies, the Delhi government is working at a war-footing across the city to bring pollution under control and ensure a cleaner, healthier Capital for all, ” Gupta underlined.Stay updated with the latest - Click here to follow us on Instagram© The Indian Express Pvt LtdTags:New Delhi