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Department of Architecture and Regional Planning , IIT, Kharagpur

Perspective Plan for Barddhaman Planning Area – Vision 2025

ENVIRONMENT



Salient features- Air Environment

Re-suspension of dust and suspended particles along the

streets appears

to be a serious pollution problem and may contribute

significantly to the

Suspended Particulate Matter (SPM).

Pollutants like CO(Carbon monoxide) NOx (Nitrous oxides) and

HC

(hydro carbon) get added to the air environment due to the

enormous

increase in the number of vehicles.

Air quality may get affected by various sources ranging from

vehicular

emissions, domestic and commercial activities, Industrial

establishments,

rice mills and even including diesel generators



General distribution of households of BPA by the intensity of atmospheric pollution

Salient features- Air Environment

A comparative assessment of the intensity of atmospheric pollution among the rural and urban

households of BPA



Salient features- Water Environment

Surface Water Pollution:

• Hectic agricultural activities of the area may

contribute fertilizer residues and pesticides in

considerable amounts to the surface water

sources.

• Total quantity of fertilizers applied in the

Damodar basin during 1983-84 was registering a

three fold increase over 1978-79 (over 5 years),

the maximum being in Burddhaman district (62%).




Ground Water Pollution:

• Quality and quantity of Ground water is very critical in

these areas,as is vital for drinking and agriculture.

• Ground water scenario of the district, though not so

alarming at present, indicates the possibility of an un-

sustainable situation of any extractable ground water in

about 2-5 decades.

• Quality and quantity of groundwater, though felt adequate

for the present, leaves enough concern for the future.




Ground Water Pollution:

• The Quality of water supplied by different water supply schemes of

Burdwan district, indicates that the physico-chemical characteristics

water supplied are within permissible limits (pH: 7-7.5, turbidity: 0-8

NTU, TDS: 300-400 mg/l, arsenic: less than 0.01 mg/l, chloride: 6.7-

12.7 mg/l, nitrate: 1.5-3.5 mg/l, total hardness: 103-253 mg/l).

• Higher values of iron in drinking water (more than the permissible

limit of 0.3 mg/l) is also reported in Parhati (0.52 mg/l), Sridharpur

(0.49 mg/l), Barwa (0.42 mg/l), Satgachia (0.78 mg/l), Bohar (0.44

mg/l), Simlon (0.61 mg/l), Bagnapara (0.47 mg/l) and Baidyapur (0.53

mg/l).

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