UK experts launch project to tackle Delhi air pollution risks
Source: The Indian Express, Date: , 2017
The Indian Express, London, Jan 2017: Indian and British experts are joining
hands on a project to help tackle health problems associated with air pollution
in Delhi, which affect some 46 million people in and around the country’s
capital city. With air pollution levels at times up to 30 times greater than
those found in the UK, Delhi was rated the most polluted city in the world for
ambient air pollution by World Health Organisation (WHO) in 2014. Involving
leading researchers from universities in India and the UK, the team put
together by Birmingham air pollution experts will investigate the causes of
pollution in the Indian capital city, which is home to some 18 million people,
a release by the Birmingham University said on Monday. ‘ASAP-Delhi: An
Integrated Study of Air Pollutant Sources in the Delhi National Capital Region’
is supported by a 1.4 million pound grant from the Natural Environment Research
Council (NERC) and the Medical Research Council (MRC) Air Pollution and Human
Health programme.