Delhi runs ‘anti-smog’ mist cannon test trial Delhi runs ‘anti-smog’ mist cannon test trial

NEW DELHI: India yesterday unveiled a new weapon against air pollution—an “anti-smog gun” which authorities hope will clear the skies above New Delhi but which environmentalists say amounts to a band-aid solution, reports AFP.

The cannon’s Indian manufacturers say the fine droplets of water it ejects at high speed can flush out deadly airborne pollutants in one of the world’s smoggiest capitals.

The giant mister—shaped like a hair dryer and mounted on a flatbed truck—was tested in Anand Vihar, an area of Delhi’s east bordering an industrial zone that often boasts the dirtiest air.

The US embassy website on Wednesday showed concentrations of the smallest and most harmful particles known as PM2.5 at Anand Vihar hit 380 -- more than 15 times the World Health Organization’s safe maximum.

 

Delhi runs anti-smog mist cannon test trial Delhi runs anti-smog mist cannon test trial

NEW DELHI: India yesterday unveiled a new weapon against air pollutionan anti-smog gun which authorities hope will clear the skies above New Delhi but which environmentalists say amounts to a band-aid solution, reports AFP. The cannons Indian manufacturers say the fine droplets of water it ejects at high speed can flush out deadly airborne pollutants in one of the worlds smoggiest capitals. The giant mistershaped like a hair dryer and mounted on a flatbed truckwas tested in Anand Vihar, an area of Delhis east bordering an industrial zone that often boasts the dirtiest air. The US embassy website on Wednesday showed concentrations of the smallest and most harmful particles known as PM2.5 at Anand Vihar hit 380 -- more than 15 times the World Health Organizations safe maximum.