Calcutta began the week as a polluted city but will end it as a critically polluted city.
The new standards for air quality announced by the environment ministry on Wednesday have pushed Calcutta firmly into the hall of shame, with the toxic count of at least two major pollutants being 1.5 times higher than the permissible limit.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/city-air-foul-critical-revised-norms-highlight-violation
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/jayanta-basu
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/telegraph-kolkata
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/air-pollution
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/vehicular-pollution
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-effects
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/urban-air-quality
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/pm-25
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/air-quality-standards
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/respiratory-diseases
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/cse
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/west-bengal
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/calcutta-d
