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DTO Dimapur’s awareness drive on clean air programme begins

A month-long awareness drive on national clean air programme organised by Dimapur District Transport (DTO) Dimapur office under the initiative of the Nagaland Pollution Control Board (NPCB) began on April 15.
According to a DIPR report, the awareness campaign started at various strategic locations in and around Dimapur and Chümoukedima under the leaderships of DTO Dimapur, D. Jambo.
During the campaign drive, the officials disseminate basic information about pollution caused by emissions from automobiles; Dos and Don’ts tips to reduce pollution from automobiles were highlighted and distributed to the automobile users as paper flyers. The officials also held short seminars with the automobile users on-road vehicles and tested emission levels such as carbon dioxide, hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, and oxide of nitrogen.

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