Environmentalist Leo Saldanha batted for more regulation by pollution control authorities.5 or PM 10, the official said adding "it is much better when compared with other cities like New Delhi.Noting that monitoring stations has enabled them to take corrective steps, he said based on inputs region wise specific measures were taken like steps to curb dust pollution in Vijayawada.. He alleged, "environment regulation has been so badly affected in the last two-three years.
Municipal bodies, transport corporations were among the agencies being roped in to better tackle pollution. These regions are dotted with industries related to copper, fertiliser, plastic, chemicals besides thermal power plants."For instance, last year in Chennai, the PM 2.5 value ranged between 27 and 54 while the maximum permissible limit was 60. Nobody is even bothered to check water, air or other form of pollution.
"Pollution control has now become a focus for us."Such "so-called high pollution levels," were confined only to some individual pockets reflecting isolated factors and does not reflect the true scenario in the entire city, he said.He said one of the reasons for southern cities not figuring in the list was due to the highly humid South Indian environment..Chennai: No south Indian city figured in the just- released global air pollution report of the World Health Organisation (WHO)."In Karnataka, Pollution Control Board chairman Lakshman said improved infrastructure, high awareness levels and emphasis on mass transport system contributed significantly in containing air pollution in the state, especially Bengaluru."Tackling pollution is a continuous process involving multiple government agencies and the people too," he said.
Our efforts are yielding results and pollution is not increasing as in the case of other cities," he said.Declining to accept the "within the permissible range," data of the State pollution control board, noted environmentalist Nityanand Jayaraman alleged that "Tamil Nadu is filled with industrial toxic hotspots.Kerala Pollution Control Board chairman, K Sajeevan, said though Kochi and Kozhikode faced pollution issues, contamination was still within limits in respect of PM 10 and PM 2."Regarding Andhra Pradesh, the state&China Daily Plastic Mould Factory39;s Pollution Control Board Chairman BSS Prasad said constant monitoring of carbon emissions, particulate matter, suspended particulate matter, increase in green cover and a shift to clean energy sources helped in ensuring pollution levels are under check. Such steps include the Vizag Port Trust and major industrial units like HPCL spending over Rs 1,700 crore to reduce pollution in their respective units.He demanded a complete 'overhaul' of TN Pollution Control Board to see tangible results to address pollution issues in the "real sense of the word.Initiatives like Bus Day, Less Traffic Day, construction of flyovers, pothole filling, road widening, shifting of bus stops to the outskirts too contributed well, Mr Lakshman said.The WHO report said 14 of the world's 15 most polluted cities were in India which includes Delhi, Kanpur and Varanasi.In Hyderabad, a Pollution Control Board official said based on the report of an expert committee many measures were being pursued to tackle air pollution better for several years now.5.5/ 151/WHO data), he said it was "dynamic, and keeps changing all the time."
Such spots include Tuticorin, Mettur, Manali, Ennore and Cuddalore, he alleged..An "action plan" is being readied now to tackle air pollution better, he said."A lot more needs to be done but steps are taken in this regard," he said.Pollution levels in major cities of Tamil Nadu like Chennai were within the permissible range in respect of parameters including the PM 2.Such monitoring will help more in checking emissions which lead to air pollution.Checking fuel adulteration to rein in vehicle emissions, road widening and signal synchronisation # to facilitate free flow of traffic have helped combat pollution, he said.To a question on some real time air pollution (PM 2.Visakhapatnam, the port city that was classified as "critically-polluted" about eight years ago, has now got rid of the dubious tag, he said.5) data for Chennai pointing to pollution comparable to cities like Varanasi (PM 2.Asked what helped in tackling pollution, a pollution control official in Tamil Nadu said efforts aimed at improvisation were always prioritised and such measures bore fruit. Similar was the case in respect of other major cities like Coimbatore, he noted.Measures being planned to tackle air pollution better include putting in place advanced gadgets in industrial premises to enable real time monitoring, he told news agency PTI
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