DLF Foundation worked towards improving the air quality in DLF areas. While there are localised and non-localised factors that contribute towards air pollution, our focus, as DLF Foundation, was looking into and working towards the localised factors which were under our control. We installed air quality monitors in July 2017 in association with Atlanta Healthcare and started actively monitoring the air quality August 2017 onwards. While we installed these monitors at several places, we also picked up the DLF Golf Course installation as a pilot case to undertake on-ground initiatives which helped lower the air pollution levels. Using the monitoring systems, we kept a check on the impact of some of these initiatives on improving air quality.
Given that it’s been almost 5 years since this initiative started, we are happy to state that we did have some early wins, as could be seen in the air quality data graphs below.
Through this intervention, we saw that there had been an improvement in the quality of air in the Golf Course area. While these were baby steps, there was a clear sign that if there were right intent and efforts, results shall follow. As could be seen in the graphs, there was an improvement in the quality of air [AQI] as compared to the same time in the previous year.
A point to be noted here is that given the magnitude of data collected over the year concerned, the graphs shown are hourly averages only and accordingly may not exactly show the peak on a given day.
While the initiative was at an early stage, DLF Foundation is committed to focusing on this important subject and taking it further to the next level.
We request all residents of DLF to come forward and share their suggestions/views on the subject. This way, we all, as a family, can make efforts toward environmental issues and leaving a greener and cleaner legacy for the generations to come.