Jharkhand

• 04 Jan 2023

'National Clean Air Programme'

Why In News?

• On January 3, 2023, Jamshedpur Special Officer of Jharkhand Sanjay Kumar said that Jamshedpur has also been included in the 'National Clean Air Programme' related to environment under the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. Apart from this, Ranchi and Dhanbad from the state are also included in it.

Key Points

• Jamshedpur Axis Special Officer Sanjay Kumar said that under the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, the central government has made an advance allocation of about Rs 50 crore for the National Clean Air Program in Jamshedpur.
• For this, Jamshedpur Axis, Mango Municipal Corporation and Jugsalai Municipal Council will prepare a joint action plan. Jamshedpur will be the access nodal agency in this.
• Sanjay Kumar said that the pollution control Councilor and the civic body will together take this scheme forward. Pollution measuring instruments have been installed at Jugsalai and Mango Chowk. In this scheme MoU has been signed with BIT Mesra.
• He said that under this scheme, BIT Mesra will find out from which source the pollution is happening. Dust particles flying on the roads will be controlled. Pavers block is being installed where there are maximum dust particles.
• The broken roads will be repaired immediately and there is also a plan to widen the roads. Under this, greenery will be increased by planting trees and work is going on at a rapid pace on the plan to plant about three thousand new trees.