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Indian Government Ready to Spend INR 20 crores to Control the Capital's Pollution |
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The most polluted city of India might get cured soon . Delhi is currently the 11th most polluted city in the world . The polluted air kills about 30000 people each year. The Indian government is getting ready to spend Rs 19,762 crores to treat the main cause of the pollution in the City , which is the traffic congestion. The Particulate Matter (which are microscopic solid or liquid matter suspended in the Earth's atmosphere) in Delhi is 2.5 which is 13 times more than the guidelines of WHO. This is mainly due to the over 8.8 million vehicles in the city . Controlling the carbon footprints from these vehicles would surely help to reduce the pollution in the city . A committee set up by India?s urban development ministry has proposed a number of measures to curb traffic congestion in the city. The proposal is yet to gain the approval from the Central Government . ?The explosive growth in automobile population needs to be checked quickly by adopting a carrot-and-stick policy of enabling increased use of public and non-motorised transport and dis-incentivising use of private vehicles through deterrent parking prices and congestion tax,? a spokesperson for India?s urban ministry said. The committee?s report stated that about 60% of passenger trips in New Delhi cover less than four kilometres, while 80% cover less than six kilometres. It proposes to increase the use of public transport and non-motorised travel, making them account for 80% of the total passenger trips. By 2021, New Delhi is expected to have over 28 million daily passenger trips, the study noted. **List of other major proposals made by the committee** - Parking on footpaths to be made an offence. - Footpaths on all roads, with right of first use of street space to pedestrians - Provision of more crossings for pedestrians and cyclists, at least at every 250 metres - Access to bus service should be within walking distance from home or office - Bus fares to be priced less than the per kilometre cost of running a two- wheeler - 2,000 new buses to be procured immediately and 4,000 in the next phase - Development of Bus Rapid Transit System corridors on high-density routes - Market-driven parking fees and congestion tax to discourage use of private vehicles - Setting up a unified metropolitan transport authority to fast-track decisions SOURCE : QUARTZ India
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Great to see they are trying to tackle down the problem, but still, the list does not seem to be aiming other crucial factors like generation. But still, hope the transition is successfully implemented. Thanks for sharing!
Posted 20-06-2016 15:46
Great!!! India's pollution must be cleared. Kudos to the Gov't!
Posted 16-06-2016 22:41
Great!!! India's pollution must be cleared. Kudos to the Gov't!
Posted 16-06-2016 22:41
Tanjervit, glad to see the government of India is putting efforts to tackle air pollution. I hope the proposal hopefully gains approval and make difference at Delhi. The need for public transportation and infrastructure certainly has to meet increasing human population. Thanks for such a report, and have a great day!
Posted 15-06-2016 15:43
It's nice to see that the government have been taking measures that would address pollution, specifically addressing the transportation sector which contributes a relatively more impact to our environment. It's also good to see that the approach is more specific which have always been proven to be more effective. Thank you Tanverjit!
Posted 15-06-2016 09:19
Such measures are needed in other places of the world, and if the project comes as planned, other world leaders can follow India's footsteps. I'm also surprised at the number of major projects there are in mind, I wonder how all of them will be finished! But they all will lead to the benefit of our environment. Thank you for the report!
Posted 15-06-2016 07:58
There can not be a better news than this today especially for me being from Delhi. I hope the plans are met, goals are achieved and timelines are met. Hope to see clean Delhi soon. Thanks for sharing.
Posted 15-06-2016 04:16