India, Nov. 19 -- The Ghaziabad district is slotted to get six new air-quality monitoring stations, and all of them are likely to be operational by February-end or early March next year, the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) officials said on Tuesday.

The district at present has four air-quality monitoring stations at Vasundhara, Indirapuram, Loni, and Sanjay Nagar, and their air quality index (AQI) figures provide the AQI levels of entire Ghaziabad district as released daily by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).

"The installation is likely to start soon. The CPCB has approved funds. It is likely that all six new stations to be get functional by February-end, 2026 or in initial phase of March, 2026. We are finalisin...