CHANDIGARH: The Centre has sought a progress report from the UT administration on the implementation of the recently submitted action plan to control air pollution in the city.
The UT had proposed promoting battery operated vehicles, green buffers along traffic corridors and introducing intelligent traffic management system.
A third continuous ambient air quality monitoring station (CAAQMS) was inaugurated at the Forest Nursery in Sector 53 this month. The Chandigarh Pollution Control Committee (CPCC) had installed it to monitor parameters of ambient air quality on a real-time basis. Earlier, the committee had installed two similar machines in sectors 22 and 25. The data generated will help the administration in effective policy formulation pertaining to management of air quality of the city.
