Visakhapatnam: Pollution levels in India have been shooting up in the last few years. The toxic grey haze in the air is quite commonly noticeable whenever people step out of their homes.
According to a study, at least 22 of the world’s most polluted cities are in India.
Exposure to particulate matter and other pollutants is known to have taken a toll on people’s health in the form of heart attacks, lung cancers, and other respiratory diseases.
One of the most effective ways to fix this is by monitoring the air quality. Since the extent of pollution is different in every area, a monitoring mechanism can help in identifying the trouble spots and taking appropriate measures to obtain cleaner air.
In the wake of this, Professor VSN Rao Tatavarti, Director of Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering in Visakhapatnam developed a new air quality monitoring device--AUM.
Speaking to ETV Bharat, Tatavarti said that he along with his team has come up with a system which is portable and its termed as AUM (Air Unique Quality Monitoring System). We researched the photonic system. We developed design and a new photonic system. Our system is capable of not only monitoring but also measuring all the parameters of air quality at one go."
He further said that this photonic system has the ability to sensitively and accurately monitor 20-22 parameters at one go.
"It is indigenously designed & developed and also extremely economical compared to the imported systems," Tatavarti added.
He also pointed out that as per the latest WHO reports, more than 7.5 million deaths are occurring every year worldwide which are related to poor air quality. Of this 7.5 million deaths, approx 2.5 million fatalities are attributed to Indian subcontinent so this is a quite disconcerting fact.
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