Post brahmapuram fire, levels of suspended particulate matter shoot up in kochi
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Though the level of PM 2.5 rise only slightly above the permissible limit, reaching about 62.03 μg/m3 on Friday at Vytilla, it doubled to 130 μg/m3 on Saturday. Experts attribute it to the
smoke blanket which engulfed the city on Saturday. “Though the fire occurred on Friday at Brahmapuram, it should be understood that by Saturday, heavy smoke was transferred to parts of the
city. This might have increased the level of suspended particulate matter in the city limits,” MA Baiju, chief environmental engineer of KSPCB at Ernakulam, told TNM.