Haryana's Ambitious Clean Air Project with World Bank

Haryana has launched the Haryana Clean Air Project for Sustainable Development in collaboration with the World Bank, featuring a budget of Rs 3,600 crore aimed at significantly improving air quality over the next five years.

The project encompasses a range of interventions, including incentivizing 1,000 industries to purchase new boilers running on PNG, CNG, or gaseous fuels, alongside the installation of 1,000 dual-fuel or hybrid DG sets.

Additionally, 500 e-buses will be procured, and efforts will be made to phase out diesel autos while incentivizing 50,000 e-autos. A comprehensive monitoring infrastructure, including 10 Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring stations and a mobile van, will be established.

The project also plans to develop a 500-kilometer dust-free road to mitigate road-dust emissions and set up common boilers and pilot tunnel kilns in industrial clusters to reduce emissions from brick kilns.

During a review meeting on December 4, chaired by Tanmay Kumar, Secretary of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Haryana officials outlined both short- and long-term measures to control air pollution in the Delhi-NCR region.

In terms of agricultural practices, Haryana reported a 52.9% decrease in active fire locations, with only 662 recorded from September to November 2025, down from 1,406 the previous year. The state has mapped 10,028 nodal officers to farmer groups and has implemented various incentives for residue management, crop diversification, and adoption of direct seeding of rice, resulting in over 5.6 lakh farmers registering for support on nearly 39.3 lakh acres of land, backed by a projected payout of Rs 471 crore.