Monday, June 15, 2009

Ambient Air monitoring station at faridabad

Haryana State Pollution Control Board will setup a continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Station at Faridabad for continuous analysis and data capture.Giving this information here today , spokesman of the Board said thatthe continuous data of results would be displayed on highway forgeneral awareness of masses and for taking remedial measures forimprovement of Ambient Air Quality of Faridabad town. He said that parameters such as suspended particulate matter, sulphur dioxide,nitrogen oxides of hydro carbons, carbon monoxide, benzene and toluenexylene would be analysed through this monitoring. He said that this station would be set up at a cost of Rs 80 lakh approximately andwould continuously do the monitoring.He said that two other Ambient Air quality Monitoring stations werealready working in Faridabad but they were functional only twice aweek. He said that the data collected showed that the pollution levelwas controlled in the district and time to time numbers of measureswere taken to combat with pollution problem in the district.He said that soon the vehicular pollution would also minimize aftermore and more CNG fuel pumps would open in the region. He said thatstrict monitoring would be done after adequate number of CNG fuelpumps open in the area.He said that all polluting industries of the State had been persuadedto install Effluent Treatment Plant (ETP) and Air Pollution ControlMeasures (APCM) for controlling water and air pollution. He said thatmore than 95 per cent polluting industries have now installed ETP andAPCM and brought it to compliance mode in the State. He said that theremaining units were in process of installation and action was beingtaken against the persistent defaulting units functioning across theState.He said that common facility for treatment, storage and disposal ofhazardous waste was being developed at village Pali, Faridabad. He said that temporary storage facility was being developed at Pali whichwould be followed by Common Hazardous Waste Treatment, Storage andDisposal facility and the same was likely to start by the year end.