India, April 16 -- The Ghaziabad district has operationalised its fifth online air-quality monitoring station in Loni's Ved Vihar, the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) officials said on Wednesday, adding that three more are also expected to commence operation within a week.

The district earlier had four stations operational at Indirapuram, Vasundhara, Sanjay Nagar, and Loni.

The data of the latest monitoring station is now also included in the daily AQI bulletin daily released by the Central Pollution Control Board.

"Apart from the existing four, six new online stations were proposed. One of these six has started functioning at Ved Vihar, Loni. The setups for three new stations have been completed, and these are likely to ...