Haryana Sets Up 29 Stations To Monitor Air Quality In State

The Haryana government on Monday launched ‘Swachh Vayu Samvad’ in Gurugram. Chief Minister Manohar Lal said the government has taken several initiatives to maintain a balance between development and the environment.

“Through e-vehicle policy, the state government took several significant decisions to encourage e-vehicles to reduce vehicular pollution. Out of 22 districts of Haryana, 14 are affected by the NCR policies. More than 60 percent area of the state comes under NCR. After Delhi, it’s the areas of Haryana that are facing the brunt of increasing pollution levels,” he said.

Several concrete initiatives have been taken to monitor the air quality of the districts falling in the NCR region of the state. As many as 29 ambient air quality monitoring stations (CAAQMS) have been set up in the state out of which 21 stations have been set up in 14 districts of NCR, said the chief minister.

“Besides this, in the last several years, concrete steps are being taken by the state government to reduce the incidents of crop residue burning as well. The in situ and ex situ policies of the central government have been successfully implemented by Haryana,” said Manohar Lal.

He also informed that Haryana is in the process of setting up more CAAQMS for better monitoring and awareness among the public.

These devices are connected to the servers of the Central Pollution Control Board and State Pollution Control Board. A dedicated Monitoring Cell is being set up at the HQ of SPCB.