India, Sept. 15 -- The Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) is planning to install 17 new Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Systems (CAAQMS) across the state as part of efforts to expand its monitoring network and cut emissions across the Indo-Gangetic Plain, officials said on Saturday.

The decision comes even as negotiations are underway to revive defunct monitoring stations already in place. A senior HSPCB official said the new units would strengthen the state's weak distribution of monitoring infrastructure. "It will not only help track the daily air quality index (AQI) in tier II cities and towns, but the systems will also provide us with insightful academic data to understand the problem from the perspective of smal...