It was the considered view of the AUH Panel that Air Pollution in Delhi and NCR has assumed monstrous proportions and thus need to be tackled on war footing with public participation and political determination. The country also needs a new Clean Air Act of 2020 to synthesize the issues relating to accelerated economic development on hand and compliance of WHO guidelines for Air Quality Standards on the other.
The strategic actions should necessary revolve around empowering people with smart monitoring of Air Quality on their mobiles and bearable devices, strategic interventions should be driven by scientific tools of decision making utilizing AI based decision models and reliable
emission inventories.
It was also the view of the panel that Air Pollution Control makes a bigger business sense as it avoids heavy investment later on fighting the ill effects on human and environment health, including loss of life of people and mounting bills on health care. In summation Air Pollution is manageable and makes a great Civic Sense.
It was decided to establish a Consortium for Air Pollution Control at AUH to poll together the expertise of various organizations and agencies to achieve the Synergy of Brains for the Noble Cause of strengthening the National Clean Air Program to realize the dream of 'clean air for all'.
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