Together, for healthy air
Health researchers, heart and lung doctors, public health institutes and patients are concerned about the health risks from Bengaluru’s poor air quality and call for immediate action. The Healthy Air Coalition has 40 air quality monitors across the city in order to provide publicly accessible data to assess the health burden of air pollution in Bengaluru and drive measures for improving our air.
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Together, for healthy air
Health researchers, heart and lung doctors, public health institutes and patients are concerned about the health risks from Bengaluru’s poor air quality and call for immediate action. The Healthy Air Coalition has 40 air quality monitors across the city in order to provide publicly accessible data to assess the health burden of air pollution in Bengaluru and drive measures for improving our air.
Join activities for healthy air
in Bengaluru.
Take a look at air pollution levels right now
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Reducing air pollution is essential for protecting our health.
Join activities for healthy air in Bengaluru.
Please contact us to find out more.
Bengaluru’s poor air quality is a looming public health crisis.
14 of the 15 most polluted cities in the world can be found in India. However the air pollution crisis in Bengaluru has not been in the spotlight. Cases of child asthma, upper respiratory infections, chronic pulmonary disease, as well as heart attacks in young people are increasing. Initial data analysis points to air pollution, however, there has been no comprehensive monitoring of evidence to assess the health impacts on people living and working in the city.
Once known as the ‘Garden city’, Bengaluru has seen profound changes, with rapid urbanisation and drastic reduction of green spaces and tree cover. The sources of particulate matter (PM) which can harm our heart and lungs, unlike that of Delhi, are not ‘regional’, but ‘local’. Key sources responsible for Bengaluru’s poor air quality include vehicles, waste burning and road dust.
In addition, air quality monitoring in Bengaluru is inadequate, with only 10 official monitoring stations operating in real time in a city of 12 million people. This system does not record data in all the city’s pollution hotspots, and does not capture the exposure levels of the population adequately .
Bengaluru, unlike many other cities in India is in a position to tackle its pollution concerns effectively because the sources are mainly local. The Healthy Air Coalition will be installing 40 monitors across the city in order to provide publicly accessible air quality data to assess the health burden of air pollution in our city and drive measures for improving Bengaluru’s air.

“It’s essential that there is better monitoring of air quality in Bengaluru, to improve our understanding of individual exposure patterns in the city. Data on the magnitude of pollution will help guide policy makers in appropriate long term measures in tackling this public health challenge”
Dr. Prashanth’s key interest is to improve air pollution monitoring in the city. Currently in the city with 12 million inhabitants, there are only 11 official monitoring stations displaying data in the public domain.
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Healthy Air Coalition Bengaluru calls for urgent action on air pollution.
Bengaluru’s healthy air coalition, brings together health researchers, heart and lung doctors, public health institutes and patients, concerned about the health risks from Bengaluru’s poor air quality. We come together to collaborate on air monitoring initiatives with different communities in the city; to share information and communicate about air pollution & health; to build the capacity of fellow health professionals; and to provide expertise input for air pollution control and reduction measures.
We invite doctors, public health practitioners, researchers, concerned patients and citizens to join the healthy air coalition in Bengaluru. Together, we can achieve air quality that remains within the safety limits prescribed by the Central Pollution Control Board and the World Health Organization.

Maternity ward and health service gathers real time air quality data to assess the health burden of air pollution on their patients.
The time to act on healthy air for Bengaluru is now!
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Healthy Air Coalition Bengaluru is a member of Unmask My City – a global network of frontline health practitioners championing clean air in our cities. The Global Climate and Health Alliance (GCHA) and its partners, the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL), the US Climate and Health Alliance and the UK Health Alliance for Climate Change are connecting with local health partners and their communities to promote practical solutions and create tangible city level policy changes that drive a clear, downward global trend in urban air pollution by 2030. This will result in reductions in deaths, illnesses, and greenhouse gas emissions.
[1] https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/gk-current-affairs/story/14-worlds-most-polluted-15-cities-india-kanpur-tops-who-list-1224730-2018-05-02
[2] This is according to evidence collected by the the Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and The Lakeside Hospital, see: Bengaluru’s rising air quality crisis, 2017 http://opencity.in/documents/bengaluru-rising-air-quality-crisis-by-aishwarya-sudhir