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NEW DELHI: Technology will be used to ensure better air quality along the route of the Delhi Half Marathon to be held on October 21 . The organisers are using the patented and ecologically safe UHF radio pulses over the course to catalyse clearance of air pollutants through dry deposition. Procam International, the organisers, said the race would be a green event with improved health facilities for the participants.The marathon is being conducted a month before its normal schedule. The organisers will use systems like ultra high frequency radio pulses, mist fans and pollution removing reagents to reduce pollutants in the air, and thus prepare a less dangerous course for the 35,000 athletes from across the world slated to participate in the run.The 14th Airtel Delhi Half Marathon will start its 10-km course this year at the New Delhi Municipal Council headquarters on Jai Singh Marg, close to Jantar Mantar. “We had to bring all our stakeholders into the picture and assure them that the air quality is better at this time, so it is a better time for conducting the marathon,” said Vivek Singh, joint managing director, Procam International.Singh said that despite the possibility of less severe pollution at this time of the year, several measures have been taken to provide the runners with a suitable environment..