Environmentalists cry foul over lack of threshold limits for 19 stack parameters in Cuddalore SIPCOT
The Hindu
When there is no threshold limit, critical pollutants may escape into the atmosphere impacting heavily on ambient pollution levels, and affect the health of vulnerable sections, an environmental activist said
Environmentalists have complained that threshold limits have not been set up for 19 stack parameters for industries falling under the ‘Red’ category in the Cuddalore SIPCOT industrial complex, connected to the Centre for Accessing Real Time Air (Quality) Information Report (Care Air Centre) to assess real-time emission from factories. Though the Care Air Centre was set up in Cuddalore, a critically-polluted area a decade ago to monitor the ambient air quality, the lack of threshold limits for 19 stack parameters for industries in the ‘Red’ category has resulted in a regulatory vacuum.More Related News
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