Head of Department
Mrs. Anagha Kadam
(Head Of Department)
Chief Environment Officer:- Mrs.Manisha Pradhan Madam
Pollution Control Cell has a full fledged laboratory for Air and Water monitoring and mobile laboratory for onsite monitoring which is well equipped with instruments. Pollution Control Cell monitor Environmental Status of TMC area, Prime-duty is male ESR for which data collection is important.
Department Details
The facilities available in the laboratory are for the analysis of the following
- Physical, Chemical, Biological and bacteriological parameters of water, soil, sludge and sediment.
- Heavy Metal contamination.
- Lake ecosystems study.
- Air Quality and Stack Monitoring
- Noise Monitoring.
- Preparation of environmental status report.
- Design & Implementation of projects for bio-remediation of lakes and water bodies.
- Implementing Air and Water quality monitoring systems.
- Collection and measurement of meteorological data.
- Ground Water Study.
- Analysis of the performance of effluent treatment plants, solid waste treatment and disposal systems, etc.
- Daily analysis of Drinking Water sample (100 to 150) which is collected from Water supply department and health department within Thane Municipal Corporation Area.
- Under National ambient program, Central pollution Control Board has allotted three ambient Air monitoring stations to pollution control cell of TMC since 1997. Under this project 24 hour air quality Monitoring was conducted at three different location in Thane City for SO2, NOx, NH3, H2S, RSPM'', SPM, PM (10 ug/m3), PM (2.5 ug/m3).
- Training provided for analysis of parameters, solid waste analysis, etc.
- Education and training related to stack gas / ambient air emission collection and analysis.
- Various types of complaints regarding pollution.