Bhubaneswar: The city of Bhubaneswar today officially joined the World Health Organisation (WHO) BreatheLife Network.
BreatheLife is a campaign launched by WHO, UN Environment and the Climate and Clean Air Coalition to raise awareness on the threat air pollution poses to our health and climate. Clean Air Asia India (CAA) is supporting WHO India on strengthening the BreatheLife Network in Indian cities.
The BreatheLife Campaign aims to engage cities and governments to join the campaign and set air quality targets, inform citizens of actions they can take to reduce their contribution to air pollution and protect them and support the health and environment sectors so they can lead more assertive government and citizen action.
The campaign targets the major sources of air pollution that also contribute to SLCPs and, directly or indirectly, to multiple health risks including from transport, energy, waste and agricultural sectors.
Under the BreatheLife Campaign, Clean Air Asia India and WHO India in partnership with Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) organized a training programme on 12th December, 2019 which focused on health impacts of air pollution, air quality monitoring and standards, and introduction of Breathe life campaigns.
Following the training programme, Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation officially committed to join BreatheLife Network in the presence of distinguished dignitaries including the Municipal Commissioner, WHO representative, Clean Air Asia team, officials from Bhubaneswar Development Authority, Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation and Bhubaneswar Smart City Ltd and other relevant stakeholders
Sri Prem Chandra Chaudhary, Municipal Commissioner, Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation stressed that public engagement should be major aspect of the BreatheLife campaign. He also highlighted the need for an immediate action plan to reduce the air pollution in the next 3-4 years.
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