National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI)

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History

India Today

December 29, 2008

The National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) established in 1974, brought to light the case of Hindustan Agro-Chemicals that had set up a chain of chemical units in Bichri, near Udaipur in the 1980s. “NEERI put the total damage suffered by the village at Rs 342 crore with the damage to the environment at around Rs 37 crore” (India Today, March 1996).

Indian Air quality Interactive Repository (IndAIR)

Research on pollution

Nov 7. 2019: The Times of India

A repository of air pollution research and legislation in India
From: Nov 7. 2019: The Times of India

Indian Air quality Interactive Repository or IndAIR, CSIR-Neeri’s web facility that was launched, has archived approximately 700 scanned materials from pre-internet era, 1,215 research articles, 170 reports and case studies, 100 cases and over 2,000 statutes to provide the history of air pollution research and legislation in the country.

Though air pollution is a widely deliberated issue, not much is known about its history or statistics, said Rakesh Kumar, director of National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (Neeri). “We began IndAIR to document important milestones in the country and make them available to the public. We hope it will not only help the academicians but also enable policy-makers to frame legislations,” he added.

S P S Parihar, head of pollution watchdog CPCB, said the website would be a useful platform for the scientific community to share its current work and exchange ideas. The repository, one of the few such facilities in the world, has the maximum number of studies — 262 — concer ning Delhi-NCR.

IndAIR reveals air pollution was recognised as a subject in India even in 1905, when a study was carried out for Bengal Smoking Nuisance Act. The website showcases how discussions on the ills of air pollution began wholeheartedly in the 70s, while studies were undertaken as early as the 50s.

The studies by S C Roy of the meteorological office detailed on cloud seeding to deal with famine-ridden areas in 1954, while short-term studies on air quality in Bombay, Delhi, Calcutta and Kanpur were authored by Neeri researchers. P K Zutshi of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre also authored a ‘Perspective on Current Air Pollution Problems’ to help develop a course of action to combat the problem.