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First Modern Lab for Air Pollution: Bihar State Pollution Control Board Chairman DK Shukla told Local 18 that this will be the first modern lab in the country and Bihar whose work will be only to check the air quality. Not only this, a special task force will be formed in this lab which will keep a close watch on it.
Patna: Now there will be a thorough investigation of air quality in Bihar. For this, a state-of-the-art laboratory is being constructed for the first time in the country. This laboratory will be ready by January. It is being constructed in Pataliputra industrial area. Many new and modern equipment will be installed in this laboratory to test air quality. Bihar State Pollution Control Board Chairman DK Shukla told Local 18 that this will be the first state-of-the-art lab in the country and Bihar whose work will be only to test the air quality. Not only this, a special task force will be formed in this lab which will keep a close watch on it.
This is the specialty
Bihar Pollution Control Board Chairman DK Shukla says that for the first time in Bihar and the country, such a laboratory is being built exclusively to prevent air pollution. In this you will be able to check the air quality in a better way. Besides, a task force will also be formed. Its work will be to investigate the complaints received in a scientific manner. It is being constructed at a cost of Rs 21 crore. The construction work is now in the final stage.
According to the information received, this laboratory will start fully functioning from February. It is being constructed on a total area of ten thousand 465 square feet on a plot of Biada in Pataliputra Industrial Area. It is being constructed by the Infrastructure Development Authority. This laboratory will be of G+6 structure.
AQI increases due to winds from other states
Bihar Pollution Control Chairman D.K. Shukla said that the level of pollution in Bihar mainly depends on temperature, wind speed and local factors. Local factors are under our control. Continuous action is taken on this and different measures are adopted. We have no control over environmental factors. He told that a major reason for the spread of pollution is the air coming from outside. The winds blowing from Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana carry the pollution with them to Bihar. The geographical position of Bihar is such that the winds coming from outside come and stabilize here. In Bihar, the wind speed is much less as compared to other states, due to which the polluted air coming from outside gets stuck here and the pollution persists for a long time. For this reason, sometimes a sudden rise in the air quality index is seen. However, at present the air of Bihar is not in the extremely bad category.
