New Delhi opens first ‘smog tower’ to combat air pollution, which regularly exceeds safe levels in the capital

New Delhi’s chief minister

New Delhi’s chief minister celebrated a “big day” in the “fight for clean air” on Monday, as India’s capital city opened its first ‘smog tower’, seeking to cut harmful particles in the air around the installation.

The installation, erected near the busy shopping area of Connaught Place, consists of 40 giant fans atop a 25-meter tower, which will push through 1,000 cubic meters of air per second, filtering it and halving the number of harmful particles in the surrounding square kilometer, according to engineers behind the project.

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