New Delhi, Oct. 11 -- To tackle the city's annual spike in air pollution during winter - when vehicular emissions and particulate matter levels get trapped in the city's air - the Delhi Government on Friday launched an innovation challenge.
The competition, announced by the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC), invites practical and scalable technologies that can either capture particulate matter from ambient air or help curb emissions from older vehicles, particularly those compliant with BS-IV norms or below.
Calling the challenge an ' innovation mission' for a broader clean-air campaign for the national capital, Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa said, "Our ambition is bigger: we want every day to be a clean-air day. Enforc...