India's first smog tower was erected in Delhi

It has 40 fans and will clean 1000 cubic meters of air per second

Imported from America, the tower will absorb polluted air from above and release clean air from below.

New Delhi: The country's first smog tower was inaugurated in the Connaught Place area of ​​Delhi, the most polluted capital of the country, and was inaugurated by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on the occasion. So other towers of this type will be erected in many areas of the city.

This is the first smog tower in the country. This is a brand new technology that we have imported from America. The tower will absorb polluted air from the upper part and release fresh air into the atmosphere from the lower part. The tower has the capacity to purify 1000 cubic meters of air per second, Kejriwal told reporters here today at the inauguration of the tower.

Designed by experts from the University of Minnesota in the United States, the smog tower has 40 fans and 5,000 filters. The experts also developed a 100-meter-high tower erected in China's Xi'an province.

According to a report, the tower, erected in the northern Chinese province of Xi'an, has yielded very good results and has also seen a significant improvement in air loss. The height of the experimental smog tower at Connaught Place, the largest commercial area in Delhi, is 24 meters and has 40 fans.

An umbrella-like structure has been erected at the top of the tower from where it will absorb the polluted air and release the filtered air from below into the atmosphere which will improve air loss and also reduce the level of pollution, an official statement issued by the Delhi government said. Was.