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Ghaziabad: The regional officials of UPPCB for Ghaziabad and Noida, which are among the 132 cities in the country selected for the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP), have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with experts from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Delhi, who will help the twin cities combat the rising air pollution.
The contract was signed in the presence of Union environment minister Prakash Javadekar at New Delhi on Friday.
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Ghaziabad: The regional officials of UPPCB for Ghaziabad and Noida, which are among the 132 cities in the country selected for the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP), have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with experts from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Delhi, who will help the twin cities combat the rising air pollution.
The contract was signed in the presence of Union environment minister Prakash Javadekar at New Delhi on Friday.
The NCAP is a long-term and time-bound national level strategy to tackle air pollution across the country in a comprehensive manner.
It has targets to achieve 20% to 30% reduction in particulate matter concentration by 2024 with 2017 as the base year.
As part of the programme, 132 cities have signed MoUs with expert institutions for executing planned action in a time-bound manner to tackle air pollution.
Both Ghaziabad and Noida are also on the list of non-attainment cities in Uttar Pradesh having high levels of air pollution.
Officials of the UP Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) said abatement plans, comprising short-term and long-term measures, have been prepared to tackle air pollution.
“The IIT experts will help the two cities with technical support and identify sources and methods required for tackling pollution.