The app, Air Cognizer, uses camera images to estimate air pollution level in the vicinity. The idea has won its developer an award by the US-based Marconi Society.
At any given point, the national capital has about 5.57 lakh tons of municipal solid waste illegally dumped on the roadside or in open plots. This is 62 times higher than the daily municipal solid waste generated in the city, according to a new study.
`Odd-Even Scheme’ - implemented in Delhi from January 1 to 15, 2016, found that there was hardly any impact on the characteristics and concentration of major air pollutants - particulate matter 2.5 (PM 2.5) and black carbon.
A group of scientists and students are braving heat and dust this summer in the national capital to map all possible sources of air pollution so that by winter this year we can get a fair idea of different sources of pollution in the city.
There seems to be no early end to the debate on whether the odd-even scheme implemented by Delhi Government in January 2016 was a success or not.
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