India gets air quality index |
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a national Air Quality Index (AQI). India on April 6th joined a global league of nations which includes US, France, China and Mexico that have implemented such an alert system. This system will give details of likely health implications for city dwellers. India`s AQI will initially be available to people in 10 cities for now -- Delhi, Faridabad, Agra, Kanpur, Lucknow, Varanasi, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai and Hyderabad. Other cities including Mumbai, Kolkata and Chandigarh will come under the national indexing network in a couple of months.
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