{"id":10805,"date":"2019-10-10T14:57:51","date_gmt":"2019-10-10T09:27:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=10805"},"modified":"2019-10-10T14:57:51","modified_gmt":"2019-10-10T09:27:51","slug":"advanced-air-quality-early-warning-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/advanced-air-quality-early-warning-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Advanced Air Quality Early Warning System"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> The Union\nMinistry of Earth Sciences (MoES) has launched an advanced Air Quality Early\nWarning System.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About the advanced Air\nQuality Early Warning System:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>It has been developed by Indian Institute of\nTropical Meteorology, Pune, under MoES.<\/li><li>The system uses data of stubble burning\nincidents from the past 15 years to predict the date and place of the next\nburning. It is the first time that stubble burning is being forecast.<\/li><li>Using the data, the Centre for Development of\nAdvanced Computing (C-DAC), under the aegis of the Central Pollution Control\nBoard, will create probability maps to alert government agencies about areas\nwhere the chances of stubble burning is going to be high.<\/li><li>The system can also track pollution load from\nstubble burning in places neighbouring Delhi NCR, using satellite data.<\/li><li>It can predict the air pollution level for next\n72 hours. It can also forecast the level of pollutants like particulate matter\n(PM) 2.5, PM10, and dust, coming from sources other than stubble burning.<\/li><li><strong>Significance:<\/strong>\nThe system would help authorities to take preventive steps to control pollution\nlevels from stubble burning as well as mitigate pollution from existing\nsources.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional\nInformation:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Stubble Burning:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Stubble burning is the practice of intentionally\nsetting fire to residues which remains after the harvest of a crop. It is\nusually done to clear the field quickly for the next season and to burn off\nweeds and other pests.<\/li><li>Stubble burning is pan-Indian problem. However,\nit is most acute in Punjab, Haryana and Western Uttar Pradesh. It contributes\nsignificantly to air pollution in Delhi-NCR region when in autumn, paddy\nstubbles are burned to prepare field for wheat cultivation.<\/li><li>In 2013, the National Green Tribunal (NGT)\nissued a directive to Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh to take immediate steps\nto curb stubble burning. The Centre and states of Punjab, Haryana and Uttar\nPradesh have declared \u201czero tolerance policy\u201d on stubble burning.<\/li><li>Further, in 2018, the Punjab government drafted\nan action plan to deal with stubble burning. Under the plan, the state has\ndecided to provide straw management machinery at 80% subsidy to the cooperative\nsocieties and other groups and at 50% subsidy to individual farmers. The state\nhas also signed MoUs with major companies to set up Bio-CNG, ethanol and biogas\nplants using crop residue.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The Union Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) has launched an advanced Air Quality Early Warning System. Facts: About the advanced Air Quality Early Warning System: It has been developed by Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, under MoES. 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