Uttar Pradesh's First Pollution Control Tower | 04 Oct 2021

Recently, installation of an Air Pollution Control Tower (APCT) has been approved on DND Expressway to control air pollution in the Noida region.
- This work has been done with the help of Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL).

According to the official information, this air pollution control tower in the green belt of DND Expressway near Sector 16 (A) Filmcity of Noida will be installed and operated as a pilot project within the next two months.
The base of this Air Pollution Control Tower (APCT) will have a diameter of about 4.50 meters and a height of about 20 meters.
At present, this tower is being constructed at Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited's Haridwar plant and for its installation, about 400 square meters of space has been provided by the authority temporarily.
With the installation of this tower, the area of about one square kilometer and the air quality of DND and Greater Noida-Noida Expressway will improve.
An expenditure of about 37 lakh rupees has been estimated per year in the operation of this tower, 50% of which will be borne by the Noida Authority.
A tower of this type has been set up in Delhi's Connaught Place in August 2021, but this will be the first air pollution control tower in Uttar Pradesh.