Study to identify pollutants affecting air quality in Delhi

The Delhi Pollution Control Committee in collaboration with a leading environment think-tank will undertake a pilot study to monitor the pollution level of Delhi-NCR dynamically and identify specific pollutants to take action in case of sudden spike of pollution, officials said Wednesday.

The study on Ambient Air Source Apportionment in Delhi-NCR will use an equipment provided by Japanese instrumentation company Horiba that can do real-time monitoring of the pollution level in the national capital, said Chandra Bhushan, the Deputy Director General of Centre for Science and Environment (CSE).

"The three-month-long study will capture baseline data at various locations of Delhi NCR. It has been planned as an independent study, using XRF and Beta ray attenuation technologies," he said.

He added, "Static monitoring of pollution would not work. We need dynamic monitoring to take action as soon as possible."