Page 12 - CIJ April 2024 - Digital Edition

NEWS TRACK

Budgetary boost for Patna’s
sanitation programmes

atna Municipal pay property tax. Installation of
Corporation has liquid trees, smog guns & smog
allocated Rs. 2,054.33 towers, procurement of 150
crore budget for 2024- CNG vehicles, and creation of a
P25, for infrastructure construction & demolition plant
development and management are all part of the government
of solid waste, water, and initiatives. Sanitation programs
sanitation. The budget includes include the construction of
projects like the renovation of deluxe & modular toilets and
water bodies, the construction the usage of recycled water for
of a waste processing plant, Irrigation and general plants.
and the installation of air
pollution control measures.
The major projects include
the procurement of super
sucker machines, 150
auto-tippers, mechanical
road-sweeping
machines, and a
secondary garbage
transfer station.
The civic body
has developed a
chatbot facility, a
mobile application, in
which people register
complaints, track the
garbage pick-up vehicles
in their respective wards and

Air purification project by BPCL

harat Petroleum quality in Mumbai.
Corporation Limited, Key features of the air
in collaboration purification project include an
with Maharashtra efficiency rating of 99.97%,
BPollution Control triple filtration system
Board and APRO Greentech, comprising HEPA filter, prefilter
the technology & equipment & separation filter to capture
supplier of the project has pollutants, cleaning capacity
installed air purifier units on of 15,000 cubic meters of air
100 BEST buses in the Mumbai per hour, capturing 10 grams
Metropolitan Region aimed at of particulate matter during a
addressing air pollution in the 100-kilometer journey even
city. The innovative project with AQI levels between 250-
initiated last year is a step 300 and serving commuters
forward by the state government traveling approximately 200
concerning the deteriorating air kilometers per day.

APRIL 2024•Clean India Journal
12 www.cleanindiajournal.com