The worsening air pollution at Anand Rao Circle following increase in high-rise buildings, prompted the board to install the first air quality monitoring station there in 1983.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/air-quality-monitoring-bengaluru-completes-35-years
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/new-indian-express-bangalore
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/karnataka
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/bangalore-t
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/air-pollution
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/air-quality-monitoring
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/state-pollution-control-board-spcb-0
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rspm-pm-10
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/asthma
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/respiratory-diseases
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-effects