Ranchi: When the national capital struggled with pollution induced by firecrackers during Diwali, two cities in Jharkhand exhaled the recording that easily record post-full purnate.
Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board (JSPCB) monitors the air quality index (AQI) of two cities – Ranchi and Dhinbad – through the monitor of sustainable ambient air quality – both show results in a moderate range of 100 and 200.
The Pollution’s board official said from the sustainable monitor, there 18 Monitors manually to record air quality around in the state, data from which is collected and analyzed manually.
Dhanbad has three and two additional manual ranchi monitors too.
The AQI report from the manual monitor, including four in Bokaro, two in Jamshedpur, two in Dumka, three in Deoghar and two in Hazaribag it is likely to be collected and analyzed on Saturday.
Measurements are made for cumulative air consisting of PM2.5, PM10, SOX and NOx together.
Research colleagues at the Center for Environmental and Energy Development (CEED) Tushar Kumar said the conditions of meteorology in cities in Jharkhand were different from Delhi and neighboring cities who faced many pollutant accumulation during the winter months, especially Post Diwali.
“We do not observe the usual surge in pollution here because of the circulation of the wind that encourages pollutants,” he said as he agreed that there was still a lack of consciousness in the region.
“On the one hand people don’t take a serious warning and on the other hand, the data collected with pollution control boards is not available in the public domain,” he said.
Members, the National Clean Air Program Steering Committee (NCAP), Dr.
SN Tripathy, believes that available data available help in deciding policies and saying mitigation plans.
“We made a fair measurement of various metals and pollutants in the surrounding air in Delhi during 2019 Diwali and found that there was a substantial surge substantial but temporary,” he said, adding that the various steps had been taken after that.
Commenting on the lack of content data in Jharkhand, he said sensor-based networks can help the state identify pollution hotspots or pollution nails for better and effective management.