Tamil Nadu - Chennai   

Move to monitor carbon monoxide levels

CHENNAI: In an effort to monitor the levels of highly-toxic Carbon Monoxide in the ambient air, CO analysers will soon be installed at five locations in the city.

The equipment will be installed in Anna Nagar, T. Nagar, Vallalar Nagar, Adyar and Kilpauk. Equipment of the Chennai Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Programme is already functioning at these five locations.

The existing equipment monitor the levels of respirable suspended particulate matter, particulate matter, Sulphur dioxide and Nitrogen oxides.

The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board is procuring the CO analysers from a U.K.-based firm at an estimated total cost of Rs.25 lakh.

A TNPCB official told The Hindu that though CO emissions, below 500 microgram/cubic metre, in the city were well within the permissible limit of 2,000 microgram/cubic metre, the decision was taken in public interest.

CO is a colourless, odourless and tasteless gas produced from partial oxidation of carbon-containing compounds, particularly in internal-combustion automobile engines.

Printer friendly page  
Send this article to Friends by E-Mail

Stories in this Section

Move to monitor carbon monoxide levels
“Breaking the stereotype image of women”
Moving on to communicate and create renewable energy
Just a fleeting moment of peace for them
Thirumavalavan’s plea to supporters
First batch of Haj pilgrims returns
New Agriculture Secretary
Minister slams bureaucracy
PT plans protests before TASMAC units
Online power bill payment will not cause job losses, says Veeraswami
Retain existing system of power cut: small units
Views of public sought for improving Central Station
BJP directive to supporters
South-eastern coastal security beefed up
Hospital to spend Rs. 80 crore on its expansion programme
Need for monitoring mechanism at schools stressed
Consulate wall gives room for children’s creativity
A silent call to ban ‘jallikattu’
Walkathon to create eco awareness
Economic crisis and the homecoming
They add global colour and character to some Chennai schools
Chennai charms expatriates, despite defects
Power shutdown
Students preparing for entrance examination take the model one
Couple murder case resolved
Burglars strike at church in Besant Nagar
Manufacturing units at the receiving end Power crisis
TNEB clarifies stand on inter-State sale
In Chennai Today

Copyright © 2009, The Hindu. Republication or redissemination of the contents of this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of The Hindu