WBPCB to set up more pollution monitoring stations in Kolkata

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Press Trust of India Kolkata
Last Updated : Oct 15 2018 | 10:50 AM IST

The West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) is organising campaigns across schools in the state to create awareness about greenhouse gas emissions and will set up five more pollution monitoring stations here.

In the metropolis, the WBPCB has taken measures like recycling of toxic waste materials and undertaken campaigns to stop use of plastic carry bags of less than 50 microns, WBPCB Chairman Kalyan Rudra told PTI on Saturday.

He said the WBPCB was organising a number of functions to stop single-use plastics with the help of schools and local civic bodies as "we need active participation of every citizen."
He said "we are working with the state government to prevent filling of water bodies and ponds are dug again whenever the matter is brought to our notice in coordination with the government department concerned."

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First Published: Oct 15 2018 | 10:50 AM IST

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