On Monday, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal inaugurated India’s first Smog Tower in Delhi’s Connaught Place. This tower would clear the 1000 cubic meters of air per second within a radius of 1KM. The project has been installed to purify the air of the city, which is one of the most polluted cities in the country.
Chief Minister said that the tower installation is a pilot project and if it is successful then more smog towers would be installed in the national capital.
While inaugurating the tower, CM told reporters, “The tower has been set up as a pilot project and initial trends will be available within a month. If the pilot project is successful, more smog towers will be installed.”
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Earlier, some officials said that a two-year pilot study would be undertaken to ascertain the effectiveness of the smog tower after it becomes operational.
CM Kejriwal congratulated the residents of Delhi and tweeted, “Congratulations Delhi! In the war against pollution, the country's first smog tower was started in Delhi. This smog tower made of American technology will reduce the amount of pollution in the air.
If the results of this project started on a pilot basis are better then more such smog towers will be installed all over Delhi.”
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The official page of the Aam Adami Party also tweeted about the tower and informed about its uses. The tweet read, “Country's first Smog Tower installed in Delhi! Tower made of new technology imported from America. The capacity of a 24-metre high tower is 1000 cubic metres/sec, the air up to 1 km will be clear. If the project started on a pilot basis gives successful results then many such Smog Towers will be installed in Delhi.”
This smog tower would be monitored by the control room, which has been set up at the site. The Delhi government approved the 20-metre-long structure in October last year. The tower, built at a cost of Rs 20 crore and was funded by the Delhi Government.