<p>The Centre's air quality panel on Thursday said it has approved seven projects which involve the use of drones for real-time air quality monitoring and artificial intelligence for counting of vehicles.</p>.<p>Other projects include installation of air purification systems in a market place in Delhi and retrofitting air cleaners in buses.</p>.<p>The projects are under supervision of different technical and academic institutes like the Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi and the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) said in a statement.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/in-perspective/cop27-now-or-never-for-clean-air-1161229.html" target="_blank">COP27: Now or never for clean air</a></strong></p>.<p>“CAQM has decided to tap the technical/academic expertise of the reputed scientific institutions working in the field of air pollution for a joint and augmented approach towards prevention, control and abatement of the menace of air pollution in Delhi-NCR,” it said.</p>.<p>The approved projects will focus on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tool for counting of vehicles, addressing vehicular traffic-induced road dust re-suspension with action plans based on science and technology, autonomous drone swarm framework for real-time air quality monitoring, decision support system for air quality management in Delhi and bordering districts, ambient air purification system in a market place, among others.</p>
<p>The Centre's air quality panel on Thursday said it has approved seven projects which involve the use of drones for real-time air quality monitoring and artificial intelligence for counting of vehicles.</p>.<p>Other projects include installation of air purification systems in a market place in Delhi and retrofitting air cleaners in buses.</p>.<p>The projects are under supervision of different technical and academic institutes like the Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi and the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) said in a statement.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/in-perspective/cop27-now-or-never-for-clean-air-1161229.html" target="_blank">COP27: Now or never for clean air</a></strong></p>.<p>“CAQM has decided to tap the technical/academic expertise of the reputed scientific institutions working in the field of air pollution for a joint and augmented approach towards prevention, control and abatement of the menace of air pollution in Delhi-NCR,” it said.</p>.<p>The approved projects will focus on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tool for counting of vehicles, addressing vehicular traffic-induced road dust re-suspension with action plans based on science and technology, autonomous drone swarm framework for real-time air quality monitoring, decision support system for air quality management in Delhi and bordering districts, ambient air purification system in a market place, among others.</p>