To check burning in the open and other practices that cause air pollution, the Delhi government on Wednesday announced deployment of home guard volunteers as environment marshals. Fourteen Home Guards have already been posted in seven wards of three municipal corporations, covering high polluting areas including Anand Vihar, I.P. Extension, Jhilmil, Daryaganj, Okhla, Sanjay Gandhi Transport Nagar-Samaypur Badli and Shahbad Daulatpur-Pooth Khurd.

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