Study #Ghaziabad air, say residents

GHAZIABAD: A residents association in Ghaziabad has asked IIT-Delhi to conduct a detailed study of air polluting sources in the area.

In a letter to IIT-Delhi, the president of the Apartment Owners Association Federation, Tejendra Pal Singh Tyagi, said PM1 (particulate matter of size less than 1 micro metre) has been found in the NCR. On May 11 too, a letter was sent to IIT- Delhi by a member secretary of the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board to conduct a study.

Tyagi said the World Health Organisation in a study in 2010 had said Ghaziabad was among the top five places in India where the air was heavily polluted. He said it was affecting the lung capacity of residents.