Kohima, Aug. 29 -- Aghali A Swu, senior environmental engineer, Nagaland Pollution Control Board (NPCB), today said the state capital Kohima does not meet the national ambient air quality standards.
Citing air quality data collected by the Magog Pollution Control Board since 2010, Swu said Kohima town is yet to reach the prescribed air quality standards of 60 micrograms per cubic meter.
Delivering the keynote address at a talk show on International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies, 2025, organised by the NPCB, at Capital Convention Centre in Kohima, she also said Kohima and Dimapur failed to meet the prescribed air quality standards for five consecutive years from 2011 to 2015, per the Central Pollution Control Board.
Swu said under the N...