Pollution Control On Cards?

With Nirmala Sitharaman’s maiden budget in July 2019 being termed as “green budget” by the PM, the expectation is high this time regarding the government’s intentions to tackle the pollution menace

- SV Krishna Chaitanya

AIR pollution remains a top concern in Chennai with the Particulate Matter (PM) levels rocketing several times above the permissible limit in recent times. In January, the Air Quality Index (AQI) in the city was close to ‘poor’ for about 12 days post Pongal.

Real-time air monitoring data by Care Air Centre of the State Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) on Friday shows that oxides of Nitrogen emitted from NTPC Unit1 ranged between 569 and 950 mg/m3, more than thrice the accepted levels.

A TNPCB official told