The Environment Ministry National Conference was inaugurated on Monday with the launch of first national air quality index by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The index will provide real time data about the level of air pollution on a daily basis. It will be available in 10 cities for now. Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar informed that the index will be expanded to 46 cities with a population of 1 million or more each in the next couple of years. The new index will track 8 different pollutants and will denote different health impact levels with color coding.
Speaking at the conference, the Prime Minister urged Indians to be sensitive towards nature and environment and said “We have been brought up in a nation where environment protection is connected with human sentiments, and nature is considered next to God”
The PM also talked about effective waste management and the importance of cleaning Ganga.
The two-day conference will have multiple sessions for ministers and officials to brainstorm proposed changes in the six environment laws.
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