The State Environment Department has decided to have a total of 11 automatic air quality-monitoring stations by December for Kolkata and its surroundings.
Three are already running at Victoria Memorial and in Ghusuri and Padmapukur in Howrah district.
The new ones in Kolkata will come up at Maddox Square, Deshbandhu Park, Basanti Devi College, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Sciences, IIM in Joka, Beadon Square, Administrative Training Centre in Salt Lake, police camp opposite Rabindra Bharati University and Police Training School, Barrackpore.
In the districts, such stations will be set up at Chinsurah, Bisva Bharati University, IIT Kharagpur.
Kolkata already has 17 air-monitoring stations but the automatic ones will be much more accurate.
Source: The Times of India