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here to view CAAQM data for the month of February 2009
Under
National Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Programme (N.A.M.P), Karnataka
State Pollution Control Board is monitoring Ambient Air Quality at 7 ( Graphite
India Limited, KHB
Indl Area, Peenya
Industrial area ,Victoria Hospital , Amco batteries, Yeshwanthpur Police
Station and International Machine tools accessories at Peenya )
locations using ‘Respirable Dust Sampler’ (RDS) in Bangalore City by
Conventional method. Four
air pollutants viz., Sulphur Dioxide (SO2), Oxides of
Nitrogen as NO2 and Suspended Particulate Matter (SPM) and
Respirable Suspended Particulate Matter (RSPM/PM10), have
been identified for regular monitoring at all the locations. The
monitoring of pollutants is carried out for 24 hours (4-hourly sampling
for gaseous pollutants and 8-hourly sampling for particulate matter)
with a frequency of twice a week, to have 104 observations in a year. The
generated data are shown below.
Besides
, the Board also monitors the Ambient air quality using
Mobile
laboratory at selected locations in
Bangalore
city . The data generated is as shown below.
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