The state pollution board has asked Bharat Coking Coal (BCCL) to work out a detailed and comprehensive action plan to bring down air pollution levels of Dhanbad, the ninth most polluted town of the country, by at least 20 per cent over the next two years.
At a meeting held at Nepal House in Ranchi on Tuesday, Jhakhand State Pollution Control Board (JSPCB) told BCCL, a subsidiary of Coal India (CIL) with 60 active mines spread across 12 zones of Dhanbad, to take certain immediate anti-pollution measures like ensuring that coal was no longer transported in open vehicles, water sprinklers were installed in collieries and other parts of the district.
