Date :11/15/2024
Press Release on 15th November 2024Antismog Guns with Water Sprinklers and on the directions of Commissioner JMC,launched them today
In continuous efforts to provide a clean, green & healthy environment to citizens of Jammu, Jammu Municipal Corporation has recently purchased two "state of the art "Antismog Guns with Water Sprinklers and on the directions of Commissioner JMC,launched them today on 15th of Nov. 2024 in main traffic prone areas starting from Dogra chowk, Canal road, Secretariat road, Shakuntala, Raj bhawan, BC road ,Residency road, wazarat road, Amphalla to High court road- kachi chawni Palace Road,vivekanand chowk to Indira Chowk in North zone Jammu. Drives will be continued to Vikram chowk – Airport,Vikram chowk, panama chowk, Green belt road, Gandhinagar, Channi and Trikuta nagar in Jammu South.
These are special purpose anti smog guns each fitted with water sprinklers possessing 9000 liters capacity, have been procured under NCAP programme. JMC is continuously making efforts to mitigate air and dust pollution by sprinkling water on roads and air at different locations of Jammu city. With the induction of these vehicles in JMC’s fleet, JMC now has 06 no of water Sprinklers of different capacity & ranges, whereas these two freshly procured vehicles are having additional feature of Anti Dust Gun on rear side of the vehicle, which increases the thrust of very fine spray particles to cover maximum area upto 30ft height from the ground level. The utilization of these special purpose vehicles will also fulfill the guidelines of Hon’ble NGT & POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD authorities issued in order to take minimum basic measures for improvement of the quality of Air in Jammu Urban areas so as to avoid health hazards caused due to environmental pollution.