CAQM Orders More PTZ Cameras at NCR Industries

The correct answer is 31 October 2026. The Commission's order requires industrial units in the National Capital Region to put in the additional Pan-Tilt-Zoom cameras by that date, following the standard operating procedure it has laid down. Option C, 1 November 2026, is a very close distractor but it is the deadline for a different obligation: the state pollution control boards and the Delhi Pollution Control Committee must submit the status of implementation to the Commission by then. Option A and option D are not dates set in this order. Candidates should keep the two deadlines paired and in the right order - installation by the end of October and the compliance report at the start of November. The order was issued with the winter months in view, when industrial emissions bear most heavily on air quality in the region.

The correct answer is fuel storage areas and fuel charging points. The standard operating procedure in the order says cameras must be placed so as to capture all fuel storage areas and all fuel charging points, and where a gas-based fuel is used, the gauge or meter of the gas must be in view as well. The purpose is real-time monitoring of what fuel a unit is actually burning. Options A, C and D describe things the order does not concern itself with: entry gates, attendance records and effluent channels are not the subject of this fuel-monitoring measure, so each is wrong. Note also that industries must provide adequate power backup for the cameras and their connectivity. The widened coverage is in addition to the camera positions that the Central Pollution Control Board had already prescribed for such units.

The correct answer is that the Commission's Flying Squads found unapproved fuels in use at industries. The Commission had already prescribed a standard list of approved fuels for various applications in the National Capital Region, including industrial use, but its Flying Squads, during incognito inspections of industries across the region, reported multiple instances of unapproved fuels being burnt. Because this use persisted, the Commission judged real-time monitoring of fuel consumption to be necessary and widened the area that cameras must cover. Option C, stubble burning, and option D, construction dust, are genuine sources of winter pollution in the region but are not what this particular order responds to. Option B is not a reason mentioned at all. The Commission had also prescribed a standard list of approved fuels for the region before this order was issued.

The correct answer is the Central Pollution Control Board and the respective state pollution control boards or the Delhi Pollution Control Committee. The order says real-time streaming of the video feeds has to be made available to their servers, and it also directs these same agencies to develop portals and other necessary infrastructure to receive the streams. That arrangement is what allows fuel-use practices at industries to be monitored remotely and the Commission's statutory directions to be enforced. Options A, C and D name bodies that have no role in receiving these feeds under the order, so each is wrong. Remember too that the status of implementation is to be reported to the Commission by 1 November 2026. These agencies must also develop the portals and other infrastructure needed before the live streams can be received and used.