7 anti-smog guns to check dust in Faridabad

GURUGRAM: To curb air pollution in winter, the municipal corporation of Faridabad (MCF) plans to deploy five small and two big anti-smog guns. The two big guns will be set up on trucks and used to cover any part of the city, while the small guns will get installed in and around some crowded places and government buildings.
Every winter, air pollution in Delhi-NCR touches hazardous levels because of a combination of adverse meteorological factors and local emission sources such as construction and demolition waste, road dust, waste burning in the open, vehicular emissions and smoke from stubble burning.
An anti-smog gun sprinkles water within at least a 20m radius and helps to control dust pollution. A big machine covers a radius of 50 metres. Each small machine costs nearly Rs 35 lakh, while the bigger one costs nearly Rs 1.5 to 1 crore.
“All the formalities for obtaining the seven guns have been completed. We have issued a work order in this regard to a company, which will make them available within a month,” said a senior MCF official.
One of the anti-smog guns will be at the corporation headquarters at BK Chowk. BK Chowk is also home to BK Hospital and the post office, along with other offices and residences of officers.
Faridabad is the only district in Haryana on the non-attainment cities’ list of the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP). A non-attainment city is one whose air did not meet the national ambient air quality standards of 2011-2015. Since the launch of the NCAP, Faridabad has been working on plans for prevention, control and mitigation of air pollution in the city.