The pollution watchdog said that it will on Monday identify road stretches that have a high level of air pollution. The initiative is planned as every year, when the city’s air quality turns ‘poor’ before and after Diwali. At present, the Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) has marked out MG Road, Iffco Chowk and Rajiv Chowk as highly polluted areas . It was observed that major air pollutants in Gurgaon include carbon monoxide (CO), hydrocarbons (HC), particulate matter (PM), nitrogen oxides (NOx) and sulphur dioxide (SO2). We will follow the environment pollution control and prevention authority’s (EPCA’s) graded response action plan when the Air Quality Index (AQI) falls to “poor”,” Singh said.

Source: Hindustan Times October 07, 2017 17:48 UTC