WAYU: New Device to Tackle Pollution
The Environment Minister on 25th September, 2018 inducted air pollution control device Wind Augmentation Purifying Unit, WAYU, at ITO in New Delhi. The National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Nagpur-based laboratory of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), has developed a device to address air pollution at high traffic zones like traffic intersections and parking areas.
“Street Canyon” Effect
Most high traffic density zones have lot of buildings in the neighbourhood leading to restricted flow of air or what is technically called “Street Canyon” effect. Consequently, emissions coming from vehicle tail pipes do not get diluted and road dust remains ....
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