New Delhi, April 6 -- Under the leadership of Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, the Delhi government is accelerating trial runs of innovative technologies aimed at tackling air pollution, Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa said on Monday.

Chairing a high-level review meeting with officials from multiple agencies, including DTC, NDMC, MCD, Delhi Fire Service, DTIDC and the Health Department, the minister directed authorities to expedite permissions, logistics, and infrastructure support for the trials.

A total of 22 innovations have been shortlisted for real-world testing under the government's 'Innovation Challenge', which aims to develop low-cost and scalable solutions to reduce PM2.5 and PM10 levels.

The technologies will be deploy...