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Cities and towns across the country where the hazardous particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5) exceeds prescribed limits will now under law have to implement measures to reduce dust. Two months after issuing detailed guidelines on dust mitigation measures for handling both on-site and offsite management of construction and demolition wastes, the Union environment ministry has now notified specific rules under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 making its implementation "mandatory" for such cities and towns.
The notified rules inserted 11-point measures in the existing Act, empowering the ministry to issue notices against local authorities and state agencies for non-implementation of those actions. While seven of these points are mean for those construction and demolition activities which need environmental clearance, the remaining four are for "all construction and demolition activities", including private residential constructions. While this would give more teeth to monitoring activities in cities such as Delhi, which already have rules in place for managing dust at construction sites, others cities will now have to start implementing these measures.
Cities covered: These measures will be meant for cities which exceed the annual prescribed limit of 40 microgram per cubic metre for PM2.5 and 60 microgram per cubic metre for PM10. Many big cities such as Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chandigarh, Lucknow, Varanasi and Kanpur, among others, fall in this category. These standards are part of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) developed by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). According to CPCB, as many as 195 cities and towns exceeded the prescribed PM10 limit in 2016 while 31cities were over the PM2.5 standard.
Highlights:
Particulate matter: Particulate matter (PM) refers to small and medium solid or liquid particles present is atmosphere. Particulate matter is consists of organic chemicals, metals, soil and dust also. Smaller the particle it is more hazardous, as it can go deeper in lungs which has diameter less than 2.5 micrometers. PM10 is Particulate matter particles having size between 2.5 to 10 micrometer. PM10 are less harmful than PM2.5 because their larger size they cannot travel farther and cannot go deep into lungs.
Long term exposure to particulate matter invites heart and lung problems. Particulate matter exposure can be linked to below mentioned health issues:
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