News of IIT Delhi:TO reduce air pollution

The entire northern India has struggled to breathe every autumn for the past several years, keeping the authorities on their toes.

NEW DELHI: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi is developing a slew of solutions at its Centre of Excellence for Research on Clean Air (CERCA) to track and help reduce air pollution in India. 

IIT Delhi is also working on a device
To monitor air pollution levels

The latest research at the centre includes identifying top 10 districts in Punjab and Haryana that are the main contributors to air pollution in northern India through stubble burning activities. The entire northern India has struggled to breathe every autumn for the past several years, keeping the authorities on their toes. 

“Overland air patterns and stubble burning in over 50 districts in Punjab and Haryana are being studied by researchers. This would help in pinning down the district ..