INTRODUCTION
- Near the Anand Vihar Metro Station, Delhi got its second smog tower on September 7, 2021.
- Earlier on August 23, 2021, India’s first smog tower was inaugurated by the chief minister of Delhi Arvind Kejriwal at Cannaught place in Delhi.
- The chief minister while speaking at the inaugural event informed that to fight the pollution government has installed India’s first smog tower in the capital of our nation.
- The technology has been imported from the United States and will clean the air of the one-kilometer range.
- The structure is around a 24-meter-long structure.
- It has been constructed at the cost of Rs. 20 crores and will function at full capacity after the monsoon season.
- Will pull the air from upward and will release it downward.
- The Delhi Government has constructed the tower with the support of Tata Consultancy and the National Buildings Construction Corporation Ltd (NBCC) under the observation of IIT- Mumbai, and IIT-Delhi.
WHAT ARE SMOG TOWERS?
- Smog towers are structures that are made for large-scale air purification.
- They are fitted with air filters of multiple layers and at the base with a fan to suck the polluted air.
- After the polluted air enters into the smog towers, before being recirculated into the atmosphere it is further purified by multiple layers.
