Environment Minister launches first functional Smog Tower

Delhi got the country’s first functional smog tower near the metro station amid widespread concern over pollution levels in the national capital. Union Minister for Environment, Forest, and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav virtually inaugurated the smog tower at Anand Vihar on Tuesday.

The smog tower is a structure designed as large-scale air purifiers to reduce pollution particles in surrounding areas. Built by Tata Company, the tower has a capacity of 1,000 cubic meters per second, said an ANI report. Forty fans have been installed to provide a design airflow rate of 1000 m3/sec.

Filtration System

The filtration system used in the smog tower has been designed by the University of Minnesota. It has an expected efficiency of 90 percent.

Number of fans used

Forty fan units have been installed in the tower in order to provide a design airflow rate of 1,000 m3/sec.

Who built the tower?

Smog tower has been built by Tata Projects Limited in collaboration with NBCC (India) Ltd as a project management consultant.