PANJIM, Feb. 16 -- In what could shock Vasco residents, Goa State Pollution Control Board's (GSPCB) interim report on the Source Apportionment Study of the town with regard to pollution caused due to handling of coal at Mormugao Port Trust (MPT), has observed a possible mixture of other local sources leading to pollution and not just the contribution from the port area.
The study undertaken through Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay also observes that "strength of the source (cargo handling) progressively reduces with distance from the port towards the town".
GSPCB initiated an air pollution source apportionment study in Vasco from November 2017, with a view to address primarily the issue of Particulate Matter (PM10 and PM2.5) in...