Devotees from all over the country are rushing to take a holy dip in Mahakumbh. So far, more than 60 percent of the country’s population has taken a holy dip in Triveni Sangam. As the number of devotees visiting Mahakumbh has increased, so has the number of vehicles. Thousands of four-wheelers have come to the Kumbh Mela. Despite this, the air in Mahakumbh is not polluted. This has been revealed by the Air Quality Index (AQI) released by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).
Shahik Siraj, Environmental Consultant Engineer of CPCB, said that during the Mahakumbh, the Mahakumbh area was in the green zone in terms of air quality. On January 13, on Paush Purnima, the AQI of the Mahakumbh region was 67. Similarly, on Makar Sankranti (January 14), the AQI was 67, on Mauni Amavasya (January 29), 106, on Basant Panchami (February 3), 65, and on Magha Purnima (February 12). An AQI of 100 is considered good, and between 100 and 150 is considered moderate. From that perspective, it can be seen that the air quality in the Mahakumbh region was moderate only on the day of Mauni Amavasya. Apart from that, it was good on all other days. The entire region remained in the green zone for 42 days during the Mahakumbh.
Similarly, the comparative statistics of the air quality reports of various cities for the months of January and February recorded on the CPCB app Sameer show that the condition of the Mahakumbh region was better than Chandigarh at this time. Chandigarh’s AQI was 253 on Paush Purnima, 264 on Makar Sankranti, 234 on Mauni Amavasya, 208 on Basant Panchami and 89 on Magh Purnima. The Prayagraj Municipal Corporation’s regular monitoring and various measures are credited for such control of air pollution during the Mahakumbh.
According to Ram Saxena, junior engineer of the municipal corporation, 9,600 workers were deployed for pollution control. In addition, more than 800 sanitation workers were also active in the entire fair area. Continuous water spraying was done in areas prone to air pollution. The roads were washed by the municipal corporation at night. Eight large 10,000-litre and four small 3,000-litre water tanks from the water corporation were used for this purpose. Anti-pollution sensors were installed on busy streets of the city.
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