'Poor' air quality: OSPCB asks ULBs to do better

WITH air quality deteriorating in many key urban regions of the state, the Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) has asked all urban local bodies (ULBs) to take appropriate measures to check dust pollution to minimise the winter crisis.

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The board has asked the ULBs to prevent burning of waste at random places in their jurisdiction to prevent the situation from worsening further in the coming days.

As per the Central Pollution Control Board statistics, air quality index (AQI) of some of the major urban areas in the state continues to remain in the range of poor and very poor.