Bangladesh, Nov. 4 -- OBHIZATRIK Foundation has launched a project to expand air pollution monitoring in Dhaka, with a focus on underserved communities that are vulnerable to the harmful effects of polluted air.

The foundation held an inception meeting of its project, "Breathing Dhaka: Open-Access Hyperlocal PM2.5 Monitoring in Underserved Communities", at the Department of Environment (DoE) headquarters in Agargaon on Tuesday.

The project is supported by the Air Quality Fund 2026 of the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC).

DoE Director General Dr Md Lutfor Rahman attended the meeting as the chief guest. OBHIZATRIK Foundation President Ahmed Imtiaz Jami presented the project's objectives and implementation plan...