State Environment Minister KC Karupannan on Monday announced that Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) had proposed to increase the number of air and water quality monitoring stations in the state.
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Climate Studio in Anna University
He further announced formation of Water Quality Management Centre at the cost of Rs 50 lakh to continuously monitor river water quality and to prevent pollution.
According to the proposal, “TNPCB proposes to increase the air quality monitoring stations from 38 to 63 stations by adding 25 new Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Stations (CAAQMS). Similarly, under water quality monitoring programme, TNPCB proposes to increase the number of monitoring stations from 63 to 79 by adding 16 new stations in the year 2019-20.”
Climate Studio in Anna University
Karupannan also announced a state-of-art Climate Studio in Anna University to impart education on climate change to stakeholders. Through the studio, the capacity to do research on climate change will be increased, said Karupannan.
He further announced formation of Water Quality Management Centre at the cost of Rs 50 lakh to continuously monitor river water quality and to prevent pollution.