{"id":244761,"date":"2023-05-27T20:11:54","date_gmt":"2023-05-27T14:41:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=244761"},"modified":"2023-05-27T20:11:54","modified_gmt":"2023-05-27T14:41:54","slug":"darjeeling-to-join-the-list-of-most-polluted-cities-of-west-bengal-reveals-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/darjeeling-to-join-the-list-of-most-polluted-cities-of-west-bengal-reveals-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Darjeeling to join the list of most polluted cities of West Bengal, reveals study"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source:\u00a0<\/b>The post is based on the article \u201cDarjeeling to join the list of most polluted cities of West Bengal, reveals study\u201d<\/b> published in The Hindu <\/b>on\u00a027th May 2023<\/b><\/p>\n

What is the News?<\/span><\/h2>\n

A recent study by scientists has revealed that Darjeeling may be on the way to becoming one of the most polluted cities of West Bengal.<\/p>\n

About the study<\/h2>\n

The present study throws light on one of the geographically, climatically, and ecologically important high\u00ad altitude Himalayan stations in India. It focuses on high-altitude tourist stations because in these areas people have been contributing as well as experiencing huge pollution loads but remained out of sight of the policy makers.<\/p>\n

The research, spanning from 2009 to 2021, focused on characterising PM10 levels (very small pollutant particles found in dust and smoke).<\/p>\n

What are the key findings of the study on High\u00ad altitude tourist stations?<\/h2>\n

High\u00ad altitude tourist stations such as Darjeeling in the eastern Himalayas would soon become a non-\u00adattainment city.<\/p>\n

The six cities in West Bengal that are considered non-\u00adattainment cities and did not meet the national ambient air quality standards were Asansol, Durgapur, Kolkata, Howrah, Haldia, and Barrackpore.<\/p>\n

Findings related to Darjeeling<\/strong>: For almost two seasons Darjeeling’s PM10 concentrations exceeded 70 micrograms per cubic metre of air, surpassing the Indian standard of 60 micrograms per cubic metre.<\/p>\n

The reasons for pollution include a)<\/strong> dust transport from the Indo-Gangetic plain, b)<\/strong> coal combustion from eateries, domestic use, and c)<\/strong> the Toy Train, as well as d)<\/strong> other secondary sources.<\/p>\n

About Darjeeling<\/h2>\n

It is a town located in West Bengal, in the Himalayan foothills. It is considered as the queen of hills and a popular tourist destination. It was once a summer resort for the British Raj elites.<\/p>\n

It remains the endpoint of the narrow-gauge Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, or \u201cToy Train,\u201d completed in 1881. It’s famed for the distinctive black tea grown on plantations it its surrounding slopes. Mt. Kanchenjunga one of the world\u2019s highest peaks is located in its backdrop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source:\u00a0The post is based on the article \u201cDarjeeling to join the list of most polluted cities of West Bengal, reveals study\u201d published in The Hindu on\u00a027th May 2023 What is the News? A recent study by scientists has revealed that Darjeeling may be on the way to becoming one of the most polluted cities of… Continue reading Darjeeling to join the list of most polluted cities of West Bengal, reveals study<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10311,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,9],"tags":[10498],"class_list":["post-244761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-public","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10311"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244761\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}