Air purifiers to be installed in 10,000 classrooms in first phase: Delhi Education Minister

Key Points

1. Delhi Education Minister Ashish Sood announced the installation of air purifiers in 10,000 classrooms on December 19, 2025.
2. The Delhi government plans to install air purifiers in 38,000 classrooms in a phased manner.
3. The first phase involves installing air purifiers in 10,000 classrooms, with tenders already floated.
4. Delhi has 1,047 government and government-aided schools.
5. The Public Works Department will procure mechanical road sweepers for each assembly constituency using the environment cess.
6. The Odd-Even scheme was implemented twice in 2016 by the Aam Aadmi Party government.