Agartala: Despite the loss of the industry, Guwahati and Agartala have been listed at the top of the air pollution index among the Northeast cities followed by Kohima and Aizawl with Delhi’s central report for Science and Environment (CSE) released on Friday.
The report warned that the problem of air pollution developed firmly in the northeastern countries, giving the impression of the usual pure blue sky and clean air.
The high level of air pollution produced from large-scale motorization, traffic congestion and the use of solid fuel has indicated the community health crisis in Medan and hilly valleys.
Pollution in the northeast requires support under the national clean air program to implement clean air action that is suitable locally and a strong air quality monitoring network for appropriate risk assessment, the report is recommended.
This study observed the concentration of per hour nitrogen dioxide in Guwahati and Agartala increased fivefold between 1 afternoon and 6 in the afternoon while the increase was noted around 40% in Naharlagun at this hour.
The three cities have the peak of the morning oxide nitrogen that occurred around 7-8 in the morning but in Guwahati, it rises at night because of the truck movement in the city.
The level of pollution, especially the PM 2.5 level at night, has jumped with 1 to 3.6 times the average level recorded seven nights before Diwali in both Guwahati and Agartala.
However, monitoring weak and inadequate air quality and lack of data does not allow appropriate risk assessment, the report is mentioned.
“The air quality in the northeast is gradually deteriorating but this does not attract adequate public attention.
In winter, city air quality like Guwahati can be almost as bad as what we see in the National Capital Region (NCR) and Uttar cities.
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Pollution is also high in small cities such as Agartala and Kohima, “the report was underlined.
CSE analyzes data seven sustainable ambient air quality monitoring stations spread in six cities – two stations in Guwahati (Assam) and one station in Shillong (Meghalaya), Agartala (Tripura), Aizawl (Mizoram) and Naharlagun (Arunachal Pradesh) .
The report states that despite real-time air quality monitoring system settings, data quality remains poor.