Two Himachal cities get ‘Swachh Vayu Sarvekshan 2022 Awards’ for air high quality
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By PTI
SHIMLA: Sundernagar and Nalagarh cities of Himachal Pradesh bagged second and third locations, respectively, on the nationwide Swachh Vayu Sarvekshan 2022 Awards instituted by the National Clean Air Programme.
Union Minister for Environment Forest and Climate Change Bhupendra Yadav and Odisha Governor Ganeshi Lal gave the award on Saturday in Bhubaneswar throughout a global convention titled ‘Vayu’.
Chief Scientific Officer at Himachal Pradesh State Pollution Control Board Dr Manoj Chauhan obtained the money award of Rs 25 lakh and Rs 12.5 lakh for the 2 cities, respectively, on behalf of the state, a launch issued right here stated.
The board’s member secretary Apoorv Devgan stated the state adopted a multi-pronged technique by involving all stakeholder departments and ready an motion plan for mitigation of air air pollution in all non-attainment cities and cities (NAC/Ts). The state board has upgraded its air monitoring functionality in all of the NAC/Ts.
Further, efficient periodic assessment of Air Quality Monitoring Committee’s (AQMC)motion plan and efforts of the State Pollution Control Board in addition to efforts on the metropolis degree have led to over 40 per cent discount in particulate PM10 focus, he stated.
PM10 is the time period used for a mix of strong particles and liquid droplets present in air. The state’s total Air Quality Index has additionally improved to 61 from 81 through the base 12 months 2017, he added.
SHIMLA: Sundernagar and Nalagarh cities of Himachal Pradesh bagged second and third locations, respectively, on the nationwide Swachh Vayu Sarvekshan 2022 Awards instituted by the National Clean Air Programme.
Union Minister for Environment Forest and Climate Change Bhupendra Yadav and Odisha Governor Ganeshi Lal gave the award on Saturday in Bhubaneswar throughout a global convention titled ‘Vayu’.
Chief Scientific Officer at Himachal Pradesh State Pollution Control Board Dr Manoj Chauhan obtained the money award of Rs 25 lakh and Rs 12.5 lakh for the 2 cities, respectively, on behalf of the state, a launch issued right here stated.
The board’s member secretary Apoorv Devgan stated the state adopted a multi-pronged technique by involving all stakeholder departments and ready an motion plan for mitigation of air air pollution in all non-attainment cities and cities (NAC/Ts). The state board has upgraded its air monitoring functionality in all of the NAC/Ts.
Further, efficient periodic assessment of Air Quality Monitoring Committee’s (AQMC)motion plan and efforts of the State Pollution Control Board in addition to efforts on the metropolis degree have led to over 40 per cent discount in particulate PM10 focus, he stated.
PM10 is the time period used for a mix of strong particles and liquid droplets present in air. The state’s total Air Quality Index has additionally improved to 61 from 81 through the base 12 months 2017, he added.
