The Commission for Air Quality Management in National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas (CAQM) on February 20, 2026, issued direction on Mitigation of dust in construction and demolition projects Management of demolition waste.
The Commission has directed the following:
• Municipal Corporations/Development Authorities in Delhi-NCR shall ensure establishment of collection points, intermediate waste storage facilities and processing facilities in accordance with the provisions of Construction and Demolition Waste Management Rules, 2025 in such a manner that there is at least one collection point within a grid of 5 km x 5 km area under their jurisdiction;
• The Building Plan approving authorities in the concerned cities shall take a declaration of estimated quantity of demolition waste to be generated before granting the approval of building plan, in all the cases of projects with plot area equal to or more than 200 sq. meters, where demolition is required to be carried out prior to construction or re-construction;
• Municipal Corporations/Development Authorities shall ensure that in all the cases of projects with plot area equal to or more than 200 sq. meters, where demolition is required to be carried out, the project proponent, prior to taking up construction or re-construction, shall deposit the demolition waste at any designated collection point or storage / processing facility and obtain the receipt for the same;
• All agencies responsible for issuing Completion Certificate (CC) / Occupation Certificate (OC) in the concerned cities shall verify the receipt of deposition of demolition waste submitted by the project proponent, prior to issuance of CC / OC;
• Municipal Corporations / Development Authorities shall ensure transportation and disposal of the construction & demolition waste within their jurisdiction in an environmentally sound manner in accordance with the extant Rules.
These Directions shall come into force w.e.f. April 01, 2026.
[File No. A-110018/01/2021-CAQM-1563 DT]
