The tower will be 20 metres tall and 4.5 metres in diameter, and will be able to improve air quality in an area of 1 square kilometre, they added.
As per the Delhi govt, the scheme - "Real-time Source Apportionment" will be executed by a joint team from the IIT-Kanpur, IIT-Delhi, The Energy & Resources Institute and Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali.
Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) Member Secretary Prashant Gargava on Thursday assured that the air quality will substantially improve in coming years and that the country is on a right track in curbing the menace.
Air pollution is an important cause of worsening of respiratory disorders, including sinusitis, allergic rhinitis, bronchitis and respiratory difficulty in those patients who do not smoke or have pre-asthmatic conditions.
Delhi-NCR's air quality has slipped to hazardous levels which can result in severe health problems like breathlessness, nausea, burning sensation in the eyes and more. Follow these tips when dealing with smog and air pollution.
These complaints will include putting garbage or debris in places other than the designated ones, construction activities without adopting preventive measures, information about polluting units, factories, unauthorised fuel uses and other elements violating the pollution norms across the district.
Bengal govt withdraws pool car circular issued to schools Kolkata, The West Bengal government on Saturday withdrew the notification that mandated car pool and bus services for ferrying students in 26 schools of the city.
The city's Air Quality Index (AQI) stood at 179 at 9.45 am which falls in the "moderate" category as against 316 on Friday morning. The AQI recorded in Ghaziabad was 264, Greater Noida 241, Noida 254, Gurgaon 165, the Meteorological (MeT) department said.
Delhi and National Capital Region (NCR) recorded a marginal improvement in the air quality on Saturday due to a slight increase in wind speed.
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