EnviroWatch – Air Pollution Monitoring System (AQMS)

Anthropogenic activities across many cities are rapidly increasing and causing serious threat to environmental issues across the country. Some of the major cities in India are experiencing very critical Air Quality conditions which are to be addressed on priority. To address the problem of Air Quality and also to find a solution, it is most essential that the source pollutants are first isolated. Most of the Indian cities are experiencing serious situation due to bad air quality and there are no systematic approach for data collection and monitoring towards finding solutions. To address these and also the challenges of predictive modelling of air pollution, necessary action is taken by the Centre. The proposed AQMS plans to address the issue of proper data acquisition and mathematical modelling to enable scientific analysis and assessment of pollution levels across the city. Bengaluru is taken up as the pilot city for design, development and deployment of such a system to provide simple and meaningful data/ information to the common citizen on the pollution parameters that are accurate and reliable. The project envisages to deploy necessary air pollution measuring devices at various locations in and around Bengaluru. Each of these devices shall regularly transmit data on various pollution parameters, including some weather parameters, to an identified cloud computing system. The data sets from each of the locations are received and processed on the Cloud using appropriate mathematical models. The processed data is further used in a comprehensive analysis to provide pollution information to the citizens across Bengaluru city. The system also envisages to provide predictions/ forecasts on pollution parameters and provide regular perspectives on different types of emissions including the possible source. Such an information system should help the Government in better understanding of the air pollution problem and work towards sustainable solution.