IITM provided scientific assistance to Bihar State Disaster Management Authority (BSDMA), Govt of Bihar on “Assessment of Air Quality Of Patna in various Micro-environments”. This is for the first time such air quality assessment was made by Bihar State Disaster Management Authority (BSDMA) through Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune, in collaboration with the Centre for Environment, Energy & Climate Change (CEECC) in Patna during 19 October - 28 November 2017.
A technical report prepared by IITM was released by Shri Sushil Modi, Hon’ble Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar, Minister of Environment and Forest department, in presence of Chairman BSDMA, Principal Secretary BG, etc during the workshop on air pollution in Patna on 9th May 2018. Hon'ble Dy Chief Minister expressed gratitude to IITM and MoES for timely help in this regard.