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Can Artificial Rain, Drones, or Satellites Clean Toxic Air?
India’s capital has turned to tech to fight its worst air pollution in eight years.
Mohan P. George, consultant scientist at the Indian research body the Centre of Science and Environment and the former head of the Delhi Pollution Control Committee’s air quality division, has concerns about the practicality of dust-suppression techniques like water sprinkling. “Drones are useful for accessing areas that are hard to monitor manually, like crowded urban zones or industrial regions,” says R Subramanian, air quality head at the Center for Study of Science, Technology, and Policy, a think tank based in Bangalore. Sagnik Dey, a professor at the Centre for Atmospheric Sciences at the Indian Institute of Technology in Delhi, says that satellite data is working to shift the focus from city-centered solutions towards a regional approach, which is reflected in India’s National Clean Air Programme.
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