Air Purifier. (Photo credit: Vijay Karnataka)

KARNATAKA: At a time when the national capital is facing severe air pollution, Bengaluru is taking a step forward, with the air purifiers being installed near the Chamarajendra Wadiyar statue on Thursday.

These purifiers will be set up on November 1 at 10.30am at the Karnataka Lawn Tennis Complex in the Cubbon Park premises.

The department of horticulture will set up two 'Fine Dust Eaters' in the Cubbon Park premises.

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These electric machines - including three boxes each - absorb floating solid waste up to 200 meters and purify the air.

Mann Hummel, a German company, has provided these air purifiers, weighing 1.5 tonnes.

The company would also provide a vehicle with an air purifier device that will move around Vidhana Soudha and the Karnataka high court .

Mahantesh Murugode, deputy director, department of state horticulture, has said that the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board would conduct a scientific study at the end of a trial period to ascertain the efficacy of these air purifiers.