CSIR-CRRI Signs MoA with Government of Haryana for Implementation of CAQM Framework on Urban Road Dust Mitigation and Sustainable Road Infrastructure

• CSIR-CRRI signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with the Government of Haryana on 8 June 2026 to implement the Standard Framework for Paving and Greening of Urban Roads in NCR under CAQM guidance.
• Project executed jointly with School of Planning and Architecture (SPA), New Delhi; addresses road-dust pollution, a major PM10/PM2.5 source in Delhi-NCR.
• Tests UPSC themes of cooperative federalism, air-quality governance, and science-led urban infrastructure.