Based on the Supreme Court order with regard to air pollution in the city, Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) is planning to make a fitting of LPG cylinders mandatory in all private and government owned four-wheeler, in Bangalore.

In the action plan submitted to the court, the KSPCB has also decided to implement the rule even on autos by the year end.

Speaking at the Inter-School meet on water conservation and waste management jointly organised by Concern India Foundation and KSPCB, in Lalbagh, on Saturday, Senior Environment Officer of KSPCB Jayaprakash said, two on-line ambient air quality monitoring stations worth Rs 1.5 crore would be set up in the city railway station and Rajajinagar shortly to check the quality of air. These stations will continuously record the level of air pollution, he added.

The industries located within the outer ring-road have also been instructed to use only green fuels (0.3 Sulphur Content) to reduce air pollution. A project with regard to planting saplings in the vacant area below all the flyovers in the city is also in progress, the authority concerned said. “Supreme Court Committee will review all these projects”, Mr Jayaprakash said.

The Board currently spends Rs 1 crore every year on various environment awareness programmes.

Awareness

Moreover, it has introduced three mobile buses to create awareness on the importance of protecting environment in all parts of Karnataka. One bus will be used for school children, and the other two will be used for small scale industries public respectively.

The meet marks the finale of a month long campaign initiated by Concern India Foundation which organised several workshops, radio programmes to create awareness among people on water conservation and waste management