Tender invited for 6 air quality monitoring stns
New Delhi: Delhi Pollution Control Committee has invited e-tender for supply, installation and commissioning of six new continuous ambient air quality monitoring stations (CAAQMS).
These stations are likely to become operational in Aug, taking the total number of such stations in the city to 46.
Delhi environment minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa said, "These stations will be installed in Aug and data will be generated immediately after installation." He added that DPCC will identify and hand over the site on time for commissioning of CAAQMS. The six stations will be installed on the campuses of JNU, IGNOU, ISRO, Commonwealth Sports Complex, Delhi Cantonment and Netaji Subash University of Technology. TNN
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