Overview
- Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa announced plans for an AI-enabled decision support system to shift pollution control to continuous, data-driven action.
- The proposed system would combine hyperlocal sensors, satellite inputs and dynamic source apportionment to quantify contributions from dust, vehicles, industry, biomass burning and regional transport.
- A shared data platform is being prepared to coordinate municipal bodies, district administrations, enforcement agencies and NCR districts on common evidence.
- An initial pilot on a few wards is proposed to validate granular data generation through low-cost sensors before any scale-up.
- Authorities reported ongoing operations including 342 construction site inspections, over 6,000 km of road sweeping, deployment of 405 anti-smog guns, removal of 12,000 metric tonnes of waste, 7,023 PUC challans, diversion of 65 non-destined trucks and decongestion at 41 traffic points.