new delhi in collaboration with indian institute of technology iit delhi all india institute of medical sciences aiims authorities have decided to monitor air quality in the campus coordinator capher collaborative for air pollution and health effects research in india additional professor dr harshal ramesh salve centre for community medicine said that for pollution monitoring low cost portable censors will be installed at 89 locations to assess the impact of various initiative taken under clean and green aiimshe added that the possible locations for installation of censors could be at gate number 1 emergency medicine gate number 2 entry junctions new rajkumari amrit kaur opd and near gate number 3 road junction along with library wards and some office areas a team from iit delhi will be led by prof sagnik dey according to officials this will be the baseline assessment which will continue for three months and after seeing the impact of interventions which are being introduced in the institute like increasing the number of evehicles and put a ban on autos inside the campus the air quality will be remonitored it will also help to design more interventions like water guns air purifiers inside the officeswards if required the aim of the institute is not only to provide a clean and green environment in the campus but also set an example for other medical institutes and motivate them to introduce such things in their campus said officialsaccording to a senior official 60 more shuttle services have been ordered by the institute and these will be available round the clock at all the gates one guide will be available inside the shuttle to direct the patients and their attendants to their concerned opd or department in the campus as of now 12 shuttles are presently available in the aiimsmeanwhile a meeting of new delhi municipal corporation nmdc officials was held with aiims director and other dignitaries in the campus regarding facelifting of the entry and exit of the institute along with easy access of handicapped people to the hospital patient information departments have also been created at outposts to provide immediate help to patients and their attendants said officials