India, Jan. 20 -- The Ghaziabad city is likely to witness a short-term source apportionment study in mid-February to figure out the factors contributing to air pollution near four monitoring stations in Vasundhara, Indirapuram, Sanjay Nagar, and Loni, the UP pollution control board (UPPCB) officials said on Monday.

Officials said that they are in the process of hiring professors and their teams for this short-term study. However, a long-term study, which is for the entire city, is already underway.

"A long-term comprehensive source apportionment study has already started for the entire Ghaziabad city, and it will take one year to get complete," Ankit Kumar Singh, regional officer of UPPCB, Ghaziabad, told HT, adding, "For a short-term s...