new delhi since dust is one of the major sources of pollution in the city delhi pollution control committee dpcc has decided to identify dustladen roadsdpcc has invited applications to appoint an agency to conduct a survey to identify unpaved roads and roads with unpaved shoulders and central verges without greenery officials said they would take up the matter of dustladen roads with landowning agencies the road length under pwd is 6301 kilometrestrack the pollution level in your citynational human rights commission nhrc had taken suo motu cognisance of pollution in delhi in june this year based on reports citing that air pollution was a great threat to human health in india reducing overall life expectancy by five years and 97 years for delhiites nhrc had sought a report from the government and said in november that it wasnt satisfied with the action taken so far to address the issue in delhincr it asked the chief secretaries of punjab haryana uttar pradesh and delhi to be present before for a detailed discussion in this regardaccording to dpcc studies have shown that apart from paddy burning industrial and vehicular emissions dust is a major contributor to air pollution in compliance with the nhrc direction it has been decided that a third party survey to identify unpaved roads roads with unpaved shoulders and ungreened central verges will be completed said dpcca dpcc official said as dust is a prime contributor to pollution we will identify dustladen streets with the help of a third party agency the agency will have to complete the survey by january 2023 once we get details of such road networks we will take up the issue with the landowning agency for converting them to paved roadsa 2018 joint report by the energy and resources institute and automotive research association of india stated that the source of dust soil road and construction in pm25 and pm10 was 17 and 25 respectively in the winter season the contribution of dust soil road and construction during summers in pm25 and pm10 was 38 and 42 respectivelyto settle dust the measures under graded response action plan emphasise on regular sprinkling of water on roads