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Article: Kolkata choked by air pollution: Study
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- The Hindustan Times
- Article date:
- February 27, 2009
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Kolkata, Feb. 27 -- Even as the West Bengal government is engaged in frantic efforts to phase out old vehicles, green activists claim that Kolkata is fast heading towards disaster due to abnormally high air pollution levels and needs a strong action plan to combat the menace.
A study released here Thursday by the Centre of Science and Environment (CSE), a New Delhi-based organisation working on green issues, revealed that the annual average of Kolkata's respirable suspended particulate matter exceeded the national standards in 2007 by 1.4 times and, as per the monthly data available, the trend is continuing.
"The carcinogenic benzene levels in Kolkata were found in winter of 2006-2007 to be ...
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