India, May 4 -- The Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) has issued a tender to procure and set up a mobile laboratory van for real-time assessment of water samples from the Yamuna, officials saidon Sunday.

This comes even as the DPCC installs 41 real-time online continuous monitoring stations (OLMS) across the river and at key drains. Officials said the van will boost the DPCC's efforts in real-time monitoring of water samples from different parts of the river in Delhi, including the highly-polluted 22-km stretch between Wazirabad and Okhla.

HT reported on April 2 that these OLMS, six of which will be installed along the Yamuna and 35 at major drains in the city, are expected to be operationalised in May.

Officials said the lab wi...