Use of Al, drones among 7 plans to clear Delhi's air

To tackle air pollution, the Centre’s panel on air quality, Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM), on Thursday approved seven projects involving the use of artificial intelligence (AI) for counting vehicles and addressing road dust by making appropriate traffic management plans.

New Delhi: The projects include use of swarm drones for real-time air quality monitoring in the NCR, installing air purification systems in a marketplace in Delhi and retrofitting air cleaners in buses. CAQM said the projects were under the technical supervision of different technical institutes, including IIT-Delhi and National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Nagpur.

“CAQM has decided to tap the technical and academic expertise of the reputed scientific institutions working in the field of air pollution for joint and augmented approach towards prevention, control and abatement of the menace of air pollution in Delhi-NCR,” the panel mentioned in a statement.