Dhaka, Nov. 3 -- OBHIZATRIK Foundation has launched an initiative to expand air pollution monitoring across Dhaka, particularly in underserved communities, through a network of hyperlocal PM2.5 monitoring devices.

The foundation held an inception meeting of its project titled "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, while OBHIZATRIK Foundation President Ahmed Imtiaz Jami presented the project's objectives and impleme...