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Across India, the Central Pollution Control Board has installed 74 CAMS but these are inadequate for monitoring pollution across the country, he said. Drawing attention to the discrepancy between population, area, number of cities/towns and the distribution of air pollution monitoring systems, Ronak Sutaria, a Ph.D.
holder from IIT-Bombay and founder-CEO of Urban Sciences that manufactures ‘Atmos’ air quality monitoring devices, told The Hindu that citizen monitoring of air pollution could help fill the current information gap. School timings were shifted from 7 a.m.
to 9.30 a.m.
because pollution levels were higher earlier in the morning.” It produces real-time air quality data and is attached to a map-based dashboard where the information gets updated. Hospitals and schools could install such devices to get real-time data on air pollution and decide when to step out based on when levels are low..