Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta recently unveiled six Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Systems (CAAQMS) and initiated the ‘Vayu Rakshak’ fleet to monitor air quality effectively. The CAAQMS were installed at various locations including Jawaharlal Nehru University, Indira Gandhi National Open University, and Netaji Subhas University of Technology. Chief Minister Gupta emphasized the importance of year-round pollution control efforts and highlighted the role of these systems in enabling data-driven pollution control measures.
The ‘Vayu Rakshak’ fleet will conduct air quality checks across different areas and implement pollution control measures. During the launch event, Cabinet colleague Manjinder Singh Sirsa and other dignitaries were also present. The introduction of the CAAQMS follows the recent addition of 500 electric buses to the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) fleet by the Delhi government.
At the electric bus launch event, Chief Minister Gupta announced that Delhi now boasts the largest e-bus fleet in the country with the addition of new EV buses. The event also marked the inauguration of an inter-state e-bus service between Delhi and Panipat, aimed at providing safe and eco-friendly travel options. The government plans to increase the number of electric buses to 7,500 by 2026 and introduce 14,000 EV buses into the DTC fleet by 2028.
The celebrations commemorated the first anniversary of the Bharatiya Janata Party government’s re-election in Delhi, which occurred on February 8 last year.
