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Haridwar: As a heartening and very positive outcome of the lockdown, a substantial decrease in water, air and noise pollution has been reported in Haridwar. This has been found in extensive investigations conducted by BHEL’s Pollution Control Research Institute (PCRI), Haridwar. Air quality, tested at various locations like Har Ki Pauri was found to have drastically reduced levels of PM10, PM2.5, Sulfur Dioxide and Nitrogen Dioxide. The volume of such pollutants in the air had decreased by 75 to 80 percent as compared to normal days.
Samples of Ganga water were taken from various places to check the quality of the river water. Contamination in samples in all the places was found to be much less than on normal days and after germinal treatment, the water is/could be drinkable.
Investigation of noise pollution, done at various places in Haridwar, revealed that the noise level has also come down significantly during the day time.