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Ranchi. Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board (JSPCB), Center for Environment and Energy Development (CEED) and Center for Study of Science, Technology and Policy (C-STEP) have released the Emission Inventory Report (Pollution Emission Report) related to the air pollution status of six cities of Jharkhand. list) released. In this information was given about sources and factors causing pollution in Ramgarh, Hazaribagh, Sahibganj, Dumka, Pakur and Chaibasa. According to this report, the emission of Particulate Matter (PM) was found to be the highest in Ramgarh.
Reducing air pollution a priority
After Ramgarh comes the place of Hazaribagh, Pakur, Sahibganj, Chaibasa and Dumka. Although the population of Ramgarh is less as compared to Sahibganj and Hazaribagh, PM was found to be higher due to the large number of heavy industries in and around the city. Transport is mainly responsible for PM 2.5 emissions in Dumka, Chaibasa and Hazaribagh. The reason for PM 2.5 emission in Sahibganj and Pakur was the domestic sector. In this, various factors and areas have been studied for air pollution such as domestic, commercial, industry, construction activities, open burning and road dust etc. Addressing the program, Pollution Board scientist Sanjay Srivastava said that the state government has given priority to reducing air pollution as an important public issue.
Clean air action plan ready
According to the National Clean Air Programme, Clean Air Action Plans for three cities (Ranchi, Jamshedpur and Dhanbad) have been prepared by the State Pollution Control Board and are being implemented. Dr. Pratima Singh, Senior Research Scientist at C-STEP, Bengaluru, said that the Emission Inventory Report prepared by the Jharkhand government to understand the level of air pollution in six cities is a concrete step. Work can be done on the challenges of air pollution. On this occasion, Dr. Manish Kumar, Director Research and Development of CEED also expressed his views.
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