Dubbed as SAFAR (short for SYSTEM of AIR POLLUTION monitoring and FORECASTING) Air, the app has been jointly developed by Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) and the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) and uses data from Metropolitan Air Quality and Weather Service of Ministry of Earth Sciences to show the current AQI and PM details. It also provides next day’s forecast.
Released on February 16 in Google Play, the SAFAR Air app can be downloaded for free.
SAFAR was originally started ahead of the Delhi Commonwealth Games in 2010 as a website. It is aimed to provide air quality data for all major metropolitan cities in the country. To collect this information, SAFAR has set-up around ten monitoring stations in Delhi and Pune to gather data on air quality every five minutes.
The app will add support for Mumbai sometime in April or May 2015, followed by Chennai and Kolkata in 2017.
App features
- Colour-coded Current Air Quality Index (AQI) and Particulate Matter (PM) details
- One day forecast for AQI and PM
- Details about AQI index and the colour-codes
- Option to select city and city-regions
3 replies on “Delhi & Pune residents can now check air quality level in SAFAR Air Android app”
Great App India.
I think it is the first of its kind in India? Is it true?
Nice initiative…