APPCB set up four air quality stations in Srikakulam district
The Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board has installed four digital air quality monitoring stations in the Srikakulam district to track pollutant levels. Additionally, a real-time water quality station was established to monitor environmental health in the region.
Why it matters
Monitoring environmental pollutants is essential for public health and industrial regulation in developing industrial zones.
Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board (APPCB) Environmental Engineer Balaga Karunasri said on Monday that four digital air quality stations have been established, under the National Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Programme, across the Srikakulam district.
The air quality management stations were set up at the Municipal Corporation, District Cooperative Central Bank, Kushalapuram and the Pydibhimavaram industrial zone to monitor the air quality at differing times during the day.
The stations constantly monitor the level of pollutants such as Sulphur Dioxide, Nitrogen Oxides, Ammonia and others.
Ms. Karunasri said that the pollutants in the air at peak time were within the permissible limits.
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