How Pollution Is Rising Across Indo-Gangetic Plain: The increasing pollution in the Indo-Gangetic Plain is no longer just a problem of big cities, but its impact has started reaching the Himalayas. A new satellite-based study has revealed that in the last 25 years, particulate matter or PM pollution has increased rapidly in this area and its danger is looming over people. The most affected areas include Bihar and West Bengal.

More than 20 percent increase compared to 2000-2009

This research published in the journal ‘Atmospheric Environment’ has been done by the Bose Institute of Kolkata. In the study, pollution levels of Indo-Gangetic Plain, Himalayan region and North-East India were analyzed from 2000 to 2024. According to research, between 2010 and 2019, PM pollution increased by more than 20 percent compared to 2000-2009.

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Now pollution is reaching the Himalayas

The most worrying thing revealed in the study is that the pollution emanating from the Indo-Gangetic Plain is now reaching the Himalayas. According to research, pollution emanating from Punjab, Haryana and Delhi is affecting the Western and Central Himalayas, while the pollution from Bihar and West Bengal is reaching the Eastern Himalayas. Soumen Raul, chief researcher of Bose Institute, said that the Himalayas are no longer safe from the pollution of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. He told that the pollution coming out in Punjab or Bihar does not stop there, but reaches the mountains through air. According to him, the Himalayas are a very sensitive area from the ecological and climatic point of view, but at present it has not been seriously included in any organized clean air program of India.

Why is the situation getting serious?

India’s National Clean Air Program was also analyzed in the research. According to the study, this scheme has shown some impact in reducing PM pollution in cities, but the program has not been very successful in controlling the pollution caused by biomass burning i.e. burning of wood, crop residues and other organic fuels. Abhijit Chatterjee, who leads research at the Bose Institute, said that the National Clean Air Program is a scheme mainly focused on cities, while the pollution situation in rural areas is also quite serious. He said that burning of biomass for cooking, farming and heating is continuously increasing, but it is not being given enough importance in the current Clean Air Mission.

Increased influence in Bihar and North-East

The study also revealed that the carbon pollution which was limited to Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, North West Bengal, Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and some parts of Bangladesh during 2000-2009, has spread to large parts of West Bengal, Bihar and the Northeast by 2020-2024. According to research, the biggest reason for this is burning of biomass in rural areas and burning of urban solid waste. However, some reduction in carbon pollution has been recorded in recent years in Uttar Pradesh.

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