Kolkata air toxic, reports Centre for Science and Environment: All you need to know

India Today , Tuesday, February 02, 2016
Correspondent :
After New Delhi, it's Kolkata's turn to hear some bad news. The City of Joy is suffering from toxic levels of air pollution, reported the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE).

The entire nation was shocked when a World Health Organisation (WHO) report showed Delhi as the most polluted city in the world. Kolkata's latest pollution report is also alarming as it shows how much the population of the metropolitan cities in India are suffering from air pollution.

Here are some points you must know:

1. Kolkata's air quality monitoring has shown 61 percent increase in particulate matter between 2010 and 2013.

2. Kolkata is under the threat of further increase in air pollution as there a multiple pollutants affecting the city's air.

3. The rate of increase in air pollution is 2.7 times higher than the standard set by WHO.

4. The report was prepared in the last week of January.

5. Air quality monitoring teams from the Central Pollution Control Board and West Bengal State Pollution Control Board tested the air in several parts of the city.

6. CSE member Anumita Roy Chowdhury reported that the direct exposure to toxic fumes was very high in the city.

7. The report further revealed that particulate matter levels in West Bengal have increased by 78 percent and all cities in the state exceed the Nitrogen oxide standards.

 
SOURCE : http://indiatoday.intoday.in/education/story/kolkata-air-pollution/1/585531.html
 


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