WBPCB ties up with NEERI, IIT & TERI to study urban pollution
Times of India | 8 July 2024
Kolkata: With an aim to tackle urban pollution, the West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) has tied-up with TERI, NEERI, and IIT-Delhi for conducting source apportionment studies across six non-attainment cities, including Kolkata, Howrah, Barrackpore, Haldia, Asansol and Durgapur.
The studies are in the final stage. They aim to identify the sources of each pollutant, enabling targeted measures to neutralize pollution at its origins.
The studies include preparation of emission inventories, monitoring of ambient air quality for various pollutants at selected locations (7 to 10 locations with different land use ), chemical speciation of PM 10 and PM 2.5 as well as source emissions, application of receptor (CMB8) & dispersion models to assess the contribution from various sources, future projections and evaluation of various control options to develop cost-effectiveplans.While TERI has been entrusted with the source apportionment study for Kolkata and Howrah. NEERI will do for Barrackpore and Haldia and IIT-Delhi for Asansol and Durgapur.