MPCB gears up to check pollution

Times of India , Monday, January 28, 2008
Correspondent : Staff Reporter
MUMBAI: The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) is setting up 46 air quality monitoring stations in the state as part of its campaign against air and water pollution. The programme, covering 27 urban centres, is called Pollution Assessment Monitoring and Surveillance (Pams) and is aimed at helping the MPCB to take stringent steps, while dealing with cases of water and air pollution, an MPCB official said. The MPCB is also preparing a water pollution prevention action plan for polluted stretches in five important rivers, the official said. The MPCB operates 62 such stations and the proposed air quality monitoring centres will come up at Kalyan-Dombivali and Bhiwandi in Thane district, Mahad and Roha in Konkan region, Latur in Marathwada and at Solapur, Sangli-Miraj and Ahmednagar. Beginning March, monitoring of particulate matter will be taken up at Mumbai (Sion and Mulund), Navi Mumbai, Kalyan, Dombivali, Ulhasnagar, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Aurangabad, Nashik, Nagpur and Chandrapur. The air and water quality data analysis and interpretation has been outsourced to the National Environmental and Engineering Research Institute here, he said. The MPCB is also preparing a water pollution prevention action plan for polluted stretches in five important rivers, the official said. It comprises reviewing the status of aquatic life in these rivers and linking it with the water quality restoration programme.
 
SOURCE : Times of India, Monday, January 28, 2008
 


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