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News: Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav reviewed CAQM’s newly developed PAVAN-I3C in New Delhi.
About PAVAN-I3C

- PAVAN stands for ‘Platform for Air Quality Vigilance and Analytics for NCR’, while I3C stands for ‘Integrated Command and Control Centre’.
- It is a single-window digital centre developed in New Delhi .
- Aim: It aims to improve pollution monitoring, inter-agency coordination, compliance tracking and timely action against pollution sources.
- Established by: It is developed by the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM).
- Operating Principle: It follows the principle of ‘Detect, Analyse, Act’ to identify pollution sources and support timely intervention.
- Key Features:
- API and Data Integration: It integrates 30+ Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) and data streams from multiple agencies, including air quality, emissions, weather, satellite, camera, mobility, complaints and compliance data.
- Air Quality Monitoring: It uses data from 111 Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Stations (CAAQMS)installed by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), India Meteorological Department (IMD) and State Pollution Control Boards (SPCBs) for real-time monitoring and comparison with historical data.
- Industrial Emission Monitoring: It uses Online Continuous Emission Monitoring Systems (OCEMS) to identify emission deviations and generate alerts for necessary action.
- Camera and Sensor-Based Monitoring: It provides live camera feeds and Particulate Matter (PM) sensor data from construction and demolition sites and landfill sites to identify possible violations.
- Multi-Sector Monitoring: It monitors 12 areas, including crop residue burning, weather, vehicular pollution, citizen grievances, Mechanical Road Sweeping Machines (MRSMs), brick kilns and industrial emissions.



