SRINAGAR

Srinagar To Get Rs. 5 Crore Action Plan To Air Quality Index

In order to improve Srinagar Air Quality The District Development Commissioner (DDC) has finalized the Action Plan for Implementation and Monitoring of National Clean Air (NCAP), with an amount of Rs 5 Crore approved for the programme.

Commissioner Srinagar Municipal Corporation, Athar Aamir Khan, Additional Deputy Commissioner Srinagar, Khurshid Ahmad, Regional Director, Pollution Control Committee Kashmir, Rafi Ahmad Bhat, Chief Sanitation Officer, SMC, Nazir Ahmad Baba, Consultant under NCAP, Dr Shabir, Scientist-B, Pollution Control Committee, Mohammad Sultan and other concerned were present in the meeting.

The meeting was informed that a City Action Plan of Rs 5 crore has been formulated for the current year to improve Air Quality Index (AQI) in Srinagar district.

On the occasion, the DDC said that the main objective of the NCA Programme is to adopt modern technology based mechanisms for strengthening the air quality monitoring network, reducing vehicular/industrial emissions, identifying major causes of air pollution and increasing public awareness.

He stressed the Officers to put in extra efforts so that the Air Quality Index is brought down to below 50 against the present level.

The DDC said Central Government has launched National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) as a long-term, time-bound, national level strategy to tackle the air pollution problem across the country in a comprehensive manner with targets to achieve 20 percent to 30 percent reduction in particulate matter concentrations by 2024 keeping 2017 as the base year for the comparison of concentration.

The DDC further called for increasing Green Cover in Srinagar City, besides other measures to improve air quality.

Sherjeel Malik

Sherjeel Malik is a content writer at Kashmir Digits. Apart from covering current affairs, Sherjeel likes to create content about sports and write opinion based articles.

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