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.

- 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