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Title: EPCA plans to use satellite imagery to identify pollution hotspots in Delhi-NCR
Source:Hindustan Times
Date:20 March 2017

Supreme Court-mandated Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA) is planning to use satellite imagery to identify pollution hotspots in and around Delhi before scientists can develop a regional action plan to fight the menace. This move is part of the comprehensive plan to combat air pollution in the Capital. The plan aims to bring down the annual average of PM2.5 down by 70% to meet the clean air standard. It will address all sources of air pollution but will take more stringent actions against combustion sources like vehicles, industries, power plants and waste burning. “It becomes easier to fight pollution if we can identify its source and location. The idea to take the help of satellite imageries was mooted after it was reported in the media in late 2016 that NASA satellite pictures showed crop fires were raging across western states despite a ban,” said an EPCA member.




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