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Odisha held its sixth Pollution Control Committee meeting

in State News November 1, 2025 Comments Off on Odisha held its sixth Pollution Control Committee meeting 420 Views

Bhubaneswar:1/11/25:Odisha held its sixth Pollution Control Committee meeting on Friday. Chief Secretary Manoj Ahuja chaired the session at Lok Seva Bhavan. The meeting focused on improving pollution monitoring at state and district levels.

Senior officials from key departments attended. These included Forest and Environment, Agriculture, Urban Development, Transport, Industry, Water Resources, and Rural Development. Additional Chief Secretary Satyabrata Sahu and Agriculture Principal Secretary Dr. Arabinda Kumar Padhee joined the discussions. Uma Nanduri, Member Secretary of the State Pollution Control Board, presented the proposals.

The committee reviewed the fifth session’s decisions. It assessed progress under the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) and the State Clean Air Programme (SCAP). NCAP covers cities like Rourkela, Talcher, Balasore, Rayagada, Cuttack, and Bhubaneswar. The programme targets a 40% reduction in PM10 and PM2.5 levels over five years.

Officials identified major pollution sources. These include road dust, construction, diesel vehicles, and industrial emissions. The committee pushed for long-term solutions. It promoted solar, wind, and electric energy.

The state added 12 more cities to SCAP. These include Berhampur, Belpahar, Brajrajnagar, Jharsuguda, Joda, Keonjhar, Paradip, Puri, Rajgangpur, Sambalpur, Banai, and Badbil. Odisha proposed a ₹150 crore annual budget from 2025 to 2030 for this plan.

The Chief Secretary urged departments to work with district collectors. He stressed the need to protect air quality during urban and industrial growth. He also encouraged afforestation and green zone development.

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Ashok Palit has completed his graduation from Upendranath College Soro, Balasore and post graduation from Utkal University in Odia Language and literture.. He has also carved out a niche for himself as a scribe of eminence after joining the profession in 1988. He is also an independent media production professional. He brings loads of experience to Advanced Media, Ashok Palit as a cineaste has been active in film criticism for over three decades. As a film society activist, he soared to eminence for his profound commitment to the art film appreciation and aesthetics of cinema. His mode of discourse is often erudite but always lucid and comprehensible marked by a perfect acumen so rare in the field. A film aesthete with an immense fond of critical sensibilities, he wrote about growth and development of odia cinema in New Indian Express, The Times of India, The Hindustan Times, The Asian Age and Screen. He has been working as an Editor for Cine Samaya from 2002-2004.. He had made solid contribution on cinema in many odia Dailies and weekly such as Samaj, Prajatantra, Dharatri, Samaya, Satabadi, and weekly Samaya.
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