West Bengal Pollution Control Board to install sensors to detect stubble burning

KOLKATA: West Bengal government is taking steps to control pollution that results from stubble burning. The West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) is planning to install remote sensors across the state to detect stubble burning which is a major cause of air pollution.

The board will buy software for the sensors from Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). WBPCB is working with IIT Delhi on this project and WBPCB will sign an MoU with the institute soon.

Two scientists from the board will be trained by IIT Delhi to work on the project. The pollution watchdog has got a space on the teh fringes of Kolkata, where a monitoring station that will work in sync with the sensors will be set up. After getting the images of stubble burning, the state pollution control board will inform the police to take appropriate action.


The sensors will help in tracking any incident of stubble burning across the state and WBPCB scientists will inform the board’s top officials who will coordinate with the administration.West Bengal Pollution Control Board to install sensors to detect stubble burning in the state to control air pollution