Union Environment Minister visits CAQM’s ‘PAVAN-I3C’

Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Bhupender Yadav, today visited the Commission for Air Quality Management’s (CAQM) newly developed Integrated Command and Control Centre (I3C), named PAVAN (Platform for Air quality Vigilance and Analytics for NCR), in New Delhi.

The Minister reviewed its technological framework and operational readiness. Developed as a single-window digital nerve centre, PAVAN-I3C integrates more than 30 APIs and data streams, including air quality, emissions, meteorological, satellite, camera, mobility, complaint and compliance data from multiple agencies.

It also integrates data from 111 Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Stations (CAAQMS) operational in Delhi-NCR, over 2,300 industries, more than 3,200 active construction sites and traffic congestion hotspots.

Dignitaries present on the occasion included Chairperson (CAQM), Rajesh Verma; Chairperson (CPCB) & Additional Secretary (MoEFCC), Dr. Amandeep Garg, besides other senior officials from the Ministry, CAQM and CPCB.(UPDATED ON 30TH OCTOBER 2026)