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JSPCB to install air, noise monitors in Jamshedpur, Adityapur before Diwali
JSPCB to install air, noise monitors in Jamshedpur, Adityapur before Diwali
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The Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board (JSPCB) will install air and noise pollution monitoring devices at 10 locations across Jamshedpur and Adityapur to assess the impact of firecracker bursting on Diwali. The exercise aims to compare real-time readings with permissible limits and data from 2025.
In Jamshedpur, devices will be placed at Traffic Light Signal Chowk, Tata Main Hospital, Gopal Maidan in Bistupur, Jamshedpur Civil Court, Sakchi roundabout, Airport-Kagalnagar road in Sonari, and Tinplate roundabout in Golmuri. In Adityapur, monitors will be at the JSPCB regional office in New Housing Colony, S-Type Chowk, and Paan Dukaan Chowk.
Firecrackers are allowed between 8 pm and 10 pm on Diwali and Gurpurab, 6 am to 8 am on Chhath Puja, and 11.55 pm to 12.30 am on Christmas and New Year's Eve. Strict legal action will be taken against violators under the BNSS, the Air Act of 1981, and the Environment Protection Act of 1986.
Indian Opinion Analysis
Last Diwali (2025), PM10 concentration hit 307.64 micrograms per cubic metre, more than triple the national standard of 100, and peak noise exceeded 107 dB(A) in commercial hubs. The JSPCB's real-time monitors will now test whether the new 8 to 10 pm firecracker window and legal deterrents under the BNSS and environmental acts curb that spike. The board's next step is to act on the data it collects, but the gap between recorded levels and permissible limits has already been set as the benchmark.
The effectiveness of this monitoring exercise will hinge on whether the data is used to enforce the listed legal provisions and whether the identified locations capture the worst pollution hotspots accurately.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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