GHAZIABAD: The city will soon get a continuous ambient monitoring system that will display real-time analysis of air pollution levels. In it, levels of commonly used parameters for measuring air pollution ? sulphur dioxide, carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, PM 10 and PM 2.5 ? will be displayed on a digital screen.
Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board's (UPPCB) officials said the system is likely to arrive next month.
PCB's regional office in Ghaziabad is currently selecting a site to install the system. It has shortlisted three sites, from which they will zero in on one.
Two of the three probable sites are in Trans-Hindon ? Sector 16 in Vasundhara and the Sahibabad Industrial area. The third is one of the parks belonging to Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation on the other side of the Hindon.
"The final site will be decided after the system arrives. Real-time analysis of pollution levels in the city is necessary, as Ghaziabad is one of India's most polluted industrial clusters," a senior UPPCB official, said.
The project is being jointly undertaken by UPPCB and Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). The total cost of is pegged at around Rs 1.1 crore. Central and state boards will bear the cost equally.
