Smog Towers: Delhi gets its first tower to tackle pollution
Part of: GS Prelims and GS Mains III- Environment Conservation.
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Smog towers are structures designed to work as large-scale air purifiers.
These air filters shall draw in the air through fans installed at the top before passing it through the filters and releasing it near the ground.
The filters installed in the tower will use carbon nanofibres as a major component and will focus on reducing particulate matter load.
The Supreme Court had directed the Centre and the Delhi government to prepare a plan to install ‘smog towers’ across the capital to deal with air pollution.
The 100m Xi’an tower in China which is dubbed the world’s largest has reportedly brought down PM 2.5 by 19% in an area of around 6 sq km in its vicinity.
