Air Quality Monitoring at Itanagar Smart City, India
Air Quality Monitoring at Itanagar Smart City, India
Itanagar Smart City monitored the urban air quality and environmental health by installing Oizom Polludrone - Online Pollution Monitoring System. In addition to Air Quality monitoring, the Polludrone also monitored the city's urban weather conditions like temperature and humidity. The real-time data was integrated to the Command and Control Centre and the data was provided to the city authorities for necessary actions.
Itanagar, India
July 2020
Smart city monitoring
Nice Infotech
Polludrone
Visualization & Analytics
Our Client
Itanagar Smart City monitored the urban air quality and environmental health by installing Oizom Polludrone – Online Pollution Monitoring System. In addition to Air Quality monitoring, the Polludrone also monitored the city’s urban weather conditions like temperature and humidity. The real-time data was integrated into the Command and Control Centre and the data was provided to the city authorities for necessary actions.
The Challenge
To accomplish its smart city mission, Itanagar envisioned a Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) strategy which has 5 pillars. One of its pillars is Technology and Innovation that focuses on implementing technological facilities to combat various issues. One key issue also includes the higher pollution rate in the city.
Itanagar is a hilly city, with an elevation of 320 m. This makes the city more prone to pollution concentration. The vehicle design is mostly to operate at one atmospheric pressure perform poorly at such high altitudes. This results in the emission of greater amounts of hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide. The phenomenon creates photochemical smog, which is further elevated by the increased solar radiation of higher altitudes. Thus, there is a need to monitor vehicular emissions.
The Solution
To understand the effect of increasing urbanization and vehicular emission, Oizom installed a network of ambient air monitoring device Polludrone. The device tracks and monitors vehicular emissions in the city and provides hyperlocal pollution data. This helps in determining its source and also pinning down the most polluted areas across the city.
Polludrone also monitors the emission around the Itanagar airport to monitor their impact on the environment. It measures all the major pollutants present in the ambient air, to give a 360-degree understanding of the environment. Detecting pollution at such high altitudes can get difficult, due to cold weather and lower pressures. But Polludrone is capable of monitoring pollution even in extreme conditions and provides accurate data.
The Result
The data analysis, in the Oizom data analysis platform, helps in understanding the pollution scenario and take effective measures before the situation gets worse. Through their efficient approach to tackle all the problems, Itanagar is proving to be an exemplary smart city in all aspects.
About Oizom
Oizom’s innovative technology has redefined environmental monitoring by providing highly accurate and actionable data on various atmospheric parameters. Our offerings include weather stations, pollution tracking, and noise monitoring solutions. With seamless integration into smart city infrastructure, Oizom’s tools enhance decision-making, compliance monitoring, and community engagement towards a greener planet.
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