Dayalbagh Educational Institution is located in Dayalbagh, a few kilometers from the beautiful city of Agra. It was founded in 1917 as a primary school which later on expanded into a chain of primary and higher educational institutions across the country. The Dayalbagh colony has a rich history of hosting generations of residents that includes scientists and students who worked together to convert a deserted land of 1200 acres into a lush green campus. The colony now includes a vast number of research facilities, hospitals, and even small-scale industries that provide employment to a number of people. With the help of Oizom’s air monitoring system installed on the campus, the authorities in Dayalbagh are now empowered to adopt appropriate measures that best help maintain their ecosystem.

Agra’s air quality is currently 5.5 times above the WHO annual air quality guideline value in terms of PM2.5(Particulate Matter 2.5). With the campus being situated so close to the city, it is necessary for the residents to ensure that they are breathing in clean air. It was important to ascertain the levels of pollution, dust, and other seasonal and spatial variations in the air. However, they did not have an Air quality monitoring system on the Dayalbagh campus that helped them achieve this feat. Additionally, the University research facility wanted to study the meteorological parameters of the concentrations of these particles. They wanted to have data on their air quality that would help them forecast the seasonal variants.

In order to ensure safe breathing air for the residents of the campus, continuous readings of PM2.5, PM10, NO, NO2, CO2, Ozone, and CO were necessary. Oizom offered its ambient air quality monitoring system, Polludrone, which can monitor such levels of pollution, dust, and meteorological parameter concentrations of these species in the air. Polludrone is also equipped with a Visual Messaging Display that helps the residents and authorities access ambient air quality data reports on a real-time basis with impeccable accuracy. Additionally, Polludrone offers data backup as internal storage in case there is a loss of network connectivity.

The residents and the authorities are now able to access a real-time reading of PM2.5, PM10, and other various key pollutants in the air. The authorities can now easily access the data on meteorological parameters concentrations in relation to different pollutants. This helps them make decisions or adopt appropriate measures that best suit their needs without compromising the environment. Polludrone has been helpful in establishing the diurnal, seasonal, and annual trends of these variables. The Campus Air quality monitoring in the Dayalbagh Institute has enabled the authorities to take up the right measures that help its residents and students to maintain their ecosystem.