Dr. Kalyan Rudra, Chairman of the Council for Control of Pollution of West Bengal, at a special meeting on “Support of climate consciousness: Business and out of operation Bharat Commerce 4th June 2025. |
In an ambitious step towards the fight against pollution, Kalyan Rudra, chairman of the Council for Control of Pollution West Bengal, he announced a project to create 800 km “Bioshield”-the area that would act as a “green wall”-Podél border Jharhand to capture pollutants in Bengals. He also emphasized the recent recognition of Kolkata as one of the cleanest metropolises in the country.
The announcement came to a special session, “support for climate consciousness – business and beyond” organized by the Bharat Chamber of Commerce on the eve of the world environment.
Dr. Swati Nandi Chakraborts, Cantonment Board Environment Consultant, Indian Government; Dr. Kalyan Rudra, Chairman of the Council for Control of Pollution of West Bengal; and Dr. Aniruddha Mukathyay, Professor, Department of Environmental Science, University of Calcutta. | Photo Credit: Debasish Bhaduri
The green wall will be a green forest corridor along the 800 km northwest boundaries of the state with Jharkhand. Bioshield will start from the border of Jharkhand and will expand to the districts of Birbhum and Dinajpur in West Bengal. Trees have taken for ten years.
“We are in the phases,” said Mr. Rudra. “They capture some of these pollutants entering Bengal. They grow for about ten years, but when fully adults … People who go to see the Chinese wall come to Bengal to see the green wall that we were able to create.” He also encouraged businesses to participate in this plan.
The proposed Bioshield, said Mr. Rudra, is part of a greater effort to reduce in-sit pollution and mobilize the participation of industry in sustainable practices. The panel also emphasized the recent success of Kolkata that it was recognized as one of the purest metropolis in the country, which is the result of cooperation between the control board of pollution and Kolkata Municipal Corporation.
However, Mr. Rudra also acknowledged that winters in Bengal are marked by heavy air pollution, unlike relatively clean air during the summer and monsoon periods.
The session on the eve of the World Environment Day combined more pollution experts to emphasize the need for action on the ground and urgentness to implement a change beyond symbolic gestures. Swati Nandi Chakraorts, the environmental consultant, pointed out the risk of plastic pollution and the need for bioplastics as viable, sustainable alternatives to fighting the growing problem of microplastics and nanoplastics known to affect people and animals.
“We barely heard of bioplastics,” she said. “But they could work hand in hand to create a techno-socio-economic reaction to plastic waste.”
Dr. NANDI, which was quoted by the harmful health effects of microplastics, from respiratory problems to gastrointestinal damage, called for strict local implementation of plastic regulations and mass defense for sustainable materials, including awareness programs. It also insisted that changes in policy level could help bring more impact on the level of pollution and use of plastics.
Aniruddha Mukathyay, a professor at the Department of Environmental Science at the University of Calcutta, stressed that change of behavior requires community involvement, especially from students to bring greater impact and long -term changes. “New pollution control technologies are performed by regulatory agencies. Regulatory agencies are doing very well in this respect and many other things can be done, and it is true among ordinary people that it is very important,” Mukthyaya said.
Experts have repeated that the business community has a key role and says that for sustainable growth, business is essential in the contemporary world. However, experts also stated that the real climate consciousness must expand “outside the meeting rooms” to homes, schools and streets. As Mr. Rudra recalled: “No advice for control of pollution or chamber can achieve success independently. It should be a folk movement where every citizen comes.”
Published – 4 June 2025 22:22 is
