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Mumbai: Amidst Mumbai’s poor air quality, Amitabh Kant, who is currently India’s G20 Sherpa during his presidency, said on Monday that sulfur dioxide emissions from Mumbai refineries were within the prescribed standard of 10.44 ppm.

ແນວໃດກໍ່ຕາມ, ທ່ານ Kant, ຜູ້ທີ່ໄດ້ສົນທະນາກ່ຽວກັບບັນຫາດັ່ງກ່າວກັບເລຂານຸການນໍ້າມັນເຊື້ອໄຟຂອງສະຫະພັນ, ໃຫ້ຂໍ້ສັງເກດວ່າ “ໂຮງງານກັ່ນທັງຫມົດແມ່ນເຊື່ອມຕໍ່ກັບເຄື່ອງແມ່ຂ່າຍຂອງຄະນະກໍາມະການຄວບຄຸມມົນລະພິດສູນກາງອອນໄລນ໌ທີ່ຊີ້ໃຫ້ເຫັນຄຸນຄ່າຂອງ sulfur dioxide, No2 ແລະຂໍ້ມູນອື່ນໆ. ພວກເຂົາເຈົ້າໄດ້ຖືກກວດກາ. ໂຮງງານກັ່ນກອງເຫຼົ່ານີ້ແມ່ນມີຄວາມທັນສະໄຫມ ແລະບໍ່ປ່ອຍຄວັນໄຟແຕ່ມີຊູນຟູຣິກໄດອອກໄຊ້ທີ່ຢູ່ໃນມາດຕະຖານທີ່ກຳນົດໄວ້ຄື 10.44 ppm. ເລຂາທິການນໍ້າມັນທີ່ໄດ້ດໍາເນີນການກວດກາຢ່າງເຂັ້ມງວດກ່ຽວກັບໂຮງງານກັ່ນນ້ໍາມັນສອງແຫ່ງທີ່ຕັ້ງຢູ່ໃນ Chembur, ກ່າວວ່າສໍາລັບສອງຫາສາມເດືອນຂ້າງຫນ້າ, ໂຮງງານກັ່ນຈະຮັບປະກັນວ່າພວກເຂົາຈະຫຼຸດຜ່ອນປະລິມານຊູນຟູຣິກຂອງແຫຼວແລະຊູນຟູຣິກເຂົ້າໄປໃນອາຍແກັສ flue.

G20 DWG

Mr. Kant, who is in Mumbai for the four-day meeting of the G20 Development Action Group, however, asserted that “long-term measures are needed not only in terms of oil refining, but also in terms of maintaining Mumbai’s high-quality air quality. Electricity movement. There are many challenges in Delhi but it is different from Mumbai. Burning there should stop. Tata Power has backside stacks of BARC that should switch to a clean model,” he noted.

Mr. Kant argued that there must be many mitigation measures. However, he added, “I would not like to comment on whether my job as G20 Sherpa is a good professional job and seeing that the group meetings are conducted professionally and the city of Mumbai benefits from that.”

BMC’s concerns about smoke emissions

Mr Kant’s statement came days after BrihanMumbai Municipal Commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal last week raised the issue with the Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas to be able to check the fumes emitted from the refinery.

Meanwhile, experts warn that the city is likely to experience an increase in quality “every” and “very” weather in the coming years in the winter, something that the city has seen in this season, especially in November and December. However, the bright side is that Mumbai’s air pollution is likely to decrease in the coming days under the influence of Cyclone Mandous’ after and with the speed of wind blowing through Mumbai is expected to increase.

Dr. Gufran Beig, Founder and Program Director, System of Air Quality Forecasting and Research (SAFAR) under the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Ministry of Earth Sciences, said, “There are calmer than normal winds over the Mumbai region and surrounding areas. Western India. This ensures that the distribution of air pollution that is released from activities related to pollution Happened quickly even though Mumbai is surrounded by the ocean.

Emission levels are not responsible for poor air quality: SAFAR

An analysis of poor air quality in Mumbai by SAFAR shows that the level of emissions from industries may not be the only factor responsible for poor air quality between November and December 2022. One cannot ignore emissions from construction activities in the city, which lead to high levels of air pollution.

“If we look at this incident, visibility across Mumbai has been affected during this period. This means that there are fine and coarse particles in Mumbai’s air. Our data also indicates and verifies that. If the industry or refinery is a major source of air pollution, then Only fine dust or PM2.5 will be high. Therefore, it is construction dust (a part of residential emissions) which is causing the increase in Pm2.5 and PM10, worsening Mumbai’s air quality,” said Dr Beig.