India, Dec. 27 -- The Delhi Government is planning to revive its stalled real-time source apportionment study, nearly two years after it was discontinued, with a renewed focus on identifying contributors to PM10 pollution rather than PM2.5.
An earlier study, conducted by IIT Kanpur for over two years, was halted in November 2023 after the Government expressed dissatisfaction with the data and methodology. The study analysed real-time sources contributing to Delhi's PM2.5 load. Officials now say that since the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune, already provides estimates of PM2.5 source contributions through its Decision Support System (DSS), the government wants to focus on PM10 pollution.
According to officials famili...