The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) on Saturday has deployed an anti-smog gun with the largest tank capacity as part of its anti-pollution efforts in Lutyens’ Delhi.
Delhi’s air quality stood in the “severe” category on Saturday morning with monitoring agencies pinning hopes on a western disturbance which may improve meteorological conditions starting Sunday.
The new anti-smog gun is mounted on a 28-tonne CNG truck chassis with the water tank having a capacity of 17,000 litres for mitigating air pollution, the NDMC said in a statement, adding that it has the largest tank capacity among all the anti-smog guns deployed in Delhi by various agencies.
Due to large water tank capacity, the anti-smog gun is having continually runtime of 03 hrs non-stop water supplying for spray reducing dead mileage.