Air pollution within normal limits in Georgia
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Overall air pollution does not exceed the allowable emission levels in Georgia.
The country’s National Agency of Environment announced this news after the Agency finished the first phase of measuring air pollution levels countrywide.
Minister of Environment and Natural Resources Protection Gigla Agulashvili summed up the results yesterday and said a special map would be prepared that would offer detailed information on pollution levels in different parts of the country. The map would be useful when planning long-term future infrastructural and urban projects.
The results also showed the top pollutant in Georgia was vehicle emissions.
The Agency said the second phase of air monitoring would continue to create a broader picture of overall pollution and identify every possible pollutant in all towns and cities of the country.
Within the air pollution measuring project 58 monitoring devices were installed in nine cities and towns of Georgia, including 26 in capital Tbilisi.
Today head of Tbilisi City Council Giorgi Alibegashvili watched as dozens of new devices measuring air pollution levels were installed in Freedom Square in central Tbilisi.
The Japanese Government has gifted Georgia three automatic air measuring stations worth $1.2 million dollars, that will be installed in capital Tbilisi and continuously measure air pollution.