Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) launches 'Road RADAR' initiative for real-time pollution monitoring

Key facts

• The Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) launched 'Road RADAR' (Real-time Air Pollution Detection Across Roads) to strengthen on-ground monitoring and rapid redressal of air pollution sources across the city's road network.
• Under the initiative, 13 surveyors will cover approximately 18,000 km of roads spanning the jurisdictions of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC), Public Works Department (PWD), and Delhi Cantonment Board.
• Surveyors will use the MCD-311 mobile application to conduct geo-tagged field surveys, with each surveyor tasked to raise at least 70 geo-located, photographic pollution-related issues daily to reach a collective target of around 1,000 issues.
• The programme tracks 11 categories of air pollution sources: road dust from unpaved roads, broken footpaths, dividers and potholes; sand or loose material piled on roadsides; unregulated parking lots; garbage, including overflowing 'dhalaos' and roadside waste; biomass, garbage and plastic burning on roadsides; construction and demolition waste; barren roadsides and central verges requiring greening; dust from construction sites; and other dispersed sources of air pollution.
• Identified issues are automatically routed via the MCD-311 App to concerned authorities, including MCD, PWD, Delhi Development Authority (DDA), Delhi State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (DSIIDC), Central Public Works Department (CPWD), Indian Railways, and other urban local bodies.