The Chandigarh Pollution Control Committee (CPCB) has completed construction of two new automated air quality monitoring stations in Sector 22 and 53. According to UT administration officials, they will be inaugurated by the end of this month. Officials claim that this will improve the air quality of the city.
Apart from these, the work of installing the air purifier tower at Transport Chowk in Sector-26 is also near completion. This chowk is one of the most polluted places in the city and it is being claimed that after installing this tower, there will be some reduction in temperature in the range of about 500 meters. The tower is being erected on the instructions of the National Green Tribunal (NGT).
The CPCB was informed that there is a need to set up five automated air quality monitoring stations. But currently, only one air quality monitoring station is working in Sector 25. CPCB has also developed a mobile application for Android phones which will record the complaints of the people.
On the other hand, the city railway station has got its first railway consumption depot (RCD). It was pressed into service to meet the demand of fuel consumption of trains plying over the city station. “The depot has been set up by the BPCL and the project was incepted about a year and a half ago,” said JP Singh, Station Superintendent, Chandigarh station, Ambala Division of Northern Railways. “At present, we have six trains that originate from here. The RCD will make it easier for trains to fuel up here. Having a depot here will save time and energy,” he said.
