While the plants in central medians were only 10 km in the past, it increased to 23 km and the avenue plantation was increased from 20 km to 30 km this year.
Along with this, the construction of drain-to-drain roads, renovation of potholes, and usage of sweeping machines, and mist sprayers to prevent pollution and effective implementation of waste management practices including composting of wet wastes and recycling and generation of electricity from wastes at Jindal power project resulted in reducing pollution in the city.
The civic body has decided to further improve its ranking at the national level in the coming year. Apart from the construction of major roads in drain-to-drain mode to contain the spread of dust on roads, GMC has set up four air quality testing points across the city, one each at GGH, Auto Nagar AIIC building, Traveler’s Bungalow, and Nalanda Nagar.
