Three Measuring Stations to Control Air Pollution

The Japanese Government has gifted Georgia three automatic air measuring stations worth USD 1.2 million dollars which will be installed on Tbilisi’s Tsereteli Avenue, Kazgebi Avenue and in Varketili suburb. Thanks to these stations, the monitoring of substances that pollute the air will be carried out continuously in an online mode.

The stations will measure the degree of air pollution and transmit data to the National Agency of the Environment automatically, whereby specialists will process the data. The research results will be periodically published in recognition of the fact that the issue of air pollution is one of the heaviest for Georgia’s city-dwelling citizens.

According to a study by the International Energy Agency (IEA), Georgia leads the list of countries in which the level of air pollution is a danger to life. The Georgian Government does not agree with the results of that study and is now negotiating with the World Health Organization to clarify and update the data used in the IEA. The new Japanese-funded air pollution control stations are expected to be able to help in this regard.

Eka Karsaulidze