Annual Report 2007-08 Chapter 9 ontribution from automobile pollution plays a AUTOMOBILE Cvery important role in determining the air quality status of urban areas, specially the metro cities. Kolkata is no exception. The historical city with POLLUTION its limited percentage of available road space (about 6% of the total city area) accommodates an exponentially growing number of plying CONTROL automobiles. Obviously the average speeds of the vehicles in the city gradually becoming lower and lower favoring more emission from the plying vehicles. Although the newly registered vehicles are having better fuel efficiency with improved engine design and sophisticated emission control arrangements, the old in-used vehicles with high emission level vastly outnumbered them. The advantage of efficient new generation vehicles is over weighed by the large number of ill-maintained, in-used vehicles continues to ply the city streets causing serious air pollution problem. So, the controlling emissions from such in-use vehicles thus become very importance for air quality improvement. The major instrument for improving emission from in-used vehicles is being done in developed countries through a well designed and managed Operation & Maintenance regime. Under this regime the automobiles are required to have a Pollution-Under-Control Certificate from auto emission testing centers duly registered by the Transport Department under the Motor Vehicles Rules. Considering this important role of auto emission testing center, the efficiency of these centers in serving the purpose is required to be assessed properly before registering them under the Rules. The Board provides the technical support for assessing the capacity of these centers to efficiently cater to the objective requirement of auto emission testing centers. Besides assessing the infrastructure 56 CHAPTER -9 Annual Report 2007-08 ability of the auto emission testing centers to the Officials of the West Bengal Pollution be registered, the Board is regularly arranging Control Board inspected and monitored the training for the operators of such centers in the following centers for making necessary ably use of prescribed emission monitoring recommendations to the Transport Department equipments. During the current financial year for necessary registration under the Rule. Table 9.1: Status Report of Auto Emission Testing Centers in Kolkata regarding Renewal of Application during the period April 2007 to March 2008 forwarded by PVD/RTO Sl. Name & Address of AETC Date application Date of Date of issue of NoNo. received at inspection recommendation WBPCB Four-gas Smoke density analyser meter 1. M/s. A. S. Service Station 72/1A, Sarat Bose Road, Kolkata-25 22.01.2008 31.01.2008 26.02.2008 26.02.2008 2. M/s. Car – Fill 170, Sarat Bose Road, Kolkata-29 22.01.2008 31.01.2008 26.02.2008 26.02.2008 3. M/s. Lansdown Service Station 25, Sarat Basu Road, P.S.: Bhawanipur Kolkata-20 22.01.2008 31.01.2008 26.02.2008 26.02.2008 4. M/s. Adam’s Motor Works 61A, Shakespeare Sarni, Kolkata-17 22.01.2008 31.01.2008 26.02.2008 N.A. 5. M/s. Auto Fuel & Services 87A, Park Street Kolkata-16 22.01.2008 31.01.2008 26.02.2008 N.A. 6. M/s. Camac 2E & F, Camac Street, PS- Park St. Kolkata-16 22.01.2008 31.01.2008 26.02.2008 26.02.2008 7. M/s. Camac Auto Service Pvt. Ltd. 3D, Camac Street, PO & PS-Park St. Kolkata-16 22.01.2008 31.01.2008 26.02.2008 N.A 8. M/s. Auto Fill In 32, Circus Avenue, PO-Circus Avn. PS- Beniapukur Kolkata-29 22.01.2008 31.01.2008 26.02.2008 26.02.2008 9. M/s. Smoke Emission Control Centre 57/1,Beltola Road, Kolkata-17 22.01.2008 31.01.2008 26.02.2008 N.A. 10. M/s. Auto Life 40/1 Gariahat Road(S), Kolkata-31 22.01.2008 05.02.2008 26.02.2008 26.02.2008 11. M/s. Dhakuria Service Center 41B, Gariahat Road, Kolkata-53 22.01.2008 05.02.2008 26.02.2008 26.02.2008 12. M/s. Automobile Association of Eastern India (AAEI) 13, Pramathes Barua SaraniPO & PS- Ballygunge Kolkata-19 22.01.2008 05.02.2008 26.02.2008 N.A. 13. M/s. Diesel Automobile Centre 62/1B, Hazra Road, Kolkata-19 22.01.2008 05.02.2008 26.02.2008 26.02.2008 14. M/s. Engineers Service Station 16B,Gurusaday Road, Kolkata-19 22.01.2008 05.02.2008 26.02.2008 N.A. 15. M/s. India Trading Oil Co. 236, AJC Bose Road, Kolkata-20 22.01.2008 05.02.2008 26.02.2008 N.A. CHAPTER -9 57 Annual Report 2007-08 Sl. Name & Address of AETC Date application Date of Date of issue of NoNo. received at inspection recommendation WBPCB Four-gas Smoke density analyser meter 16. M/s. Shyama Trading Co. 36B, Ballygunge Circular Road Kolkata-19 22.01.2008 05.02.2008 26.02.2008 26.02.2008 17. M/s. Standard Vulcanizing Corporation 1B, Pramathesh Barua SaraniKolkata-19 22.01.2008 05.02.2008 26.02.2008 N.A. 18. M/s. Uma Service Station 1/1/1, Gariahat Road, Kolkata-68 22.01.2008 05.02.2008 26.02.2008 26.02.2008 19. M/s. Prince Service Station 377B, Prince Anwar Shah Road PO-Jodhpurpark, Kolkata-700 068 05.02.2008 05.02.2008 26.02.2008 N.A. 20. M/s. Engineers Automobile Service Station 39B New Alipore Block-B, Kolkata-53 22.01.2008 07.02.2008 26.02.2008 26.02.2008 21. M/s. Kalighat Service Station 127A, Hazra Road, Kolkata-26 22.01.2008 07.02.2008 26.02.2008 26.02.2008 22. M/s. Harish Motors 52B, Harish Mukherjee RoadKolkata-25 22.01.2008 07.02.2008 26.02.2008 26.02.2008 23. M/s. Gasoline Station P-540,Blk-N,New Alipore, Kolkata-53 22.01.2008 07.02.2008 26.02.2008 26.02.2008 24. M/s. Gopal Service Station 17/6, Sahanagar Rd, Kol- 26 22.01.2008 07.02.2008 26.02.2008 26.02.2008 25. M/s. Nag Automobiles 32/33A, Tollygunge Circular Road Kolkata-53 22.01.2008 07.02.2008 26.02.2008 N.A. 26. M/s. Tapan Kr. Nath 29/1, Harish Chatterjee StreetKolkata-19 22.01.2008 07.02.2008 26.02.2008 26.02.2008 27. M/s. Milap Service Station 14, Ashutosh Mukherjee Road PS-Bhawanipur, Kolkata – 20 22.01.2008 07.02.2008 14.03.2008 14.03.2008 28. M/s. Binnu Enterprise 553, Block-N, Opp. Tollygunge Circular Road, PO & PS-Alipore, Kolkata- 53 22.01.2008 07.02.2008 26.02.2008 N.A. 29. M/s. Trio Service Centre 29/3A, Chetla Central RoadPO & P.S. Chetla Kolkata - 27 22.01.2008 12.02.2008 14.03.2008 14.03.2008 30. M/s. City of Joy Fuel Station D-167 Sonarpur Road, PO-Brace Bridge PS – West Port, Kolkata-88 22.01.2008 12.02.2008 14.03.2008 N.A. 31. M/s. Lake Auto service 99, Southern Avenue, Kol-29 22.01.2008 12.02.2008 14.03.2008 14.03.2008 32. M/s. Tollygunge Service Station 1, N.S.C. Bose Road Kolkata-40 22.01.2008 12.02.2008 14.03.2008 N.A. 33. M/s. Council Service Station 11/1 D.H.Road, PO & PS- Alipore Kolkata-27 22.01.2008 12.02.2008 14.03.2008 14.03.2008 58 CHAPTER -9 Annual Report 2007-08 Sl. Name & Address of AETC Date application Date of Date of issue of NoNo. received at inspection recommendation WBPCB Four-gas Smoke density analyser meter 34. M/s. Metropoliton Transport Co. 16, Taratala Road, Kolkata-88 22.01.2008 12.02.2008 14.03.2008 14.03.2008 35. M/s. Lokenath Smoke Testing Centre 99A Circular Garden Reach Road PO-Khidirpur PS-Watganj Kol-23 22.01.2008 12.02.2008 14.03.2008 N.A. 36. M/s. Kamal & Co. 57/2A, Diamond Harbour Road, Kolkata-23 22.01.2008 12.02.2008 14.03.2008 14.03.2008 37. M/s. Powerpac India 177 / E, S.P. Mukherjee Road P.O.- Kalighat Kolkata-026 22.01.2008 12.02.2008 14.03.2008 N.A. 38. M/s. Gopal Auto Service 38B,Belgachia Road, Kolkata-37 22.01.2008 14.02.2008 14.03.2008 14.03.2008 39. M/s. Hind Service Station 137/A, Beliaghata Road, Kolkata-15 22.01.2008 14.02.2008 14.03.2008 14.03.2008 40. M/s. Baranagar Service Station 131, B.T.Road, PO- Alambazar PS- Baranagar Kolkata-35 22.01.2008 14.02.2008 14.03.2008 14.03.2008 41. M/s. R.N. Singh & Sons 16B, Beliaghata Main Road, Kolkata-10 22.01.2008 14.02.2008 14.03.2008 14.03.2008 42. M/s. Saraogi Service Station 11/5, Cossipore Road, PO-Cossipore PS-Chitpur, Kolkata - 32 22.01.2008 14.02.2008 14.03.2008 14.03.2008 43. M/s. K.T. Automobiles AETC 19, B. T. Road, Cossipore, Kol - 02 22.01.2008 14.02.2008 14.03.2008 14.03.2008 44. M/s. Rita Roy 39, Jadunath DeyPO & PS – Bowbazar, Kol-12 22.01.2008 19.02.2008 14.03.2008 14.03.2008 45. M/s. Bharat Motor Co BK-JC15, Sec -III,Salt lake, Kolkata-98 22.01.2008 19.02.2008 14.03.2008 14.03.2008 46. M/s.