All CECB's pollution data to go online

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The Chhattisgarh Environment Conservation Board (CECB) will be making available all pollution measuring data of the State online.

This was announced in a day-long workshop organized on monitoring and quality test of pollution measuring equipment organised joint by CECB, CSIR- National Physical laboratory at Paryavas Bhavan here.

In his address, CECB Chairman Aman Kumar Singh said that process had been commenced for setting up of online emission monitoring system in 17 categories of industries prone to high pollution as per the standard operating procedure.

He said that data collection software is being developed besides setting up of a Control Room and a SMS Alert System.

Singh informed that the pollution monitoring system had already been established in 133 industrial units and in Raipur among the category of 17 high pollution prone units, 45 units out of 46 now have online emission monitoring system.

One unit out of 46 had been closed for a long time, he informed.

CECB Secretary Devendra Singh informed that the CECB along with CSIR-National Physical laboratory will calibrate all the pollution monitoring equipment in the State.

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