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EPCA drafts mega plan to fight Delhi's air pollution
Source: Business Standard, Date: , 2017
Business Standard, New Delhi, Mar, 2017 : The Delhi-NCR belt, a pollution hotspot, needs a drastic reduction
in level of pollutants, by up to 76 per cent in some areas, and several radical
interventions for its air to meet safe standards. The observation and the
proposals are part of a new plan drafted by the Environment Pollution
(Prevention and Control) Authority which have been submitted to the Supreme
Court recently. The report focuses on 13 key pollution sources, as identified
by an IIT-Kanpur study, and lists short, medium and long-term measures to be
implemented by a proposed committee chaired by the Union Environment Secretary.
The percentage of reduction in PM10 required in Delhi, Faridabad, Ghaziabad,
Noida and Meerut are 74, 64, 76, 56 and 60 per cent respectively while PM 2.5
and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) levels have to come down by 70 and 37.5 per cent in
the national capital, the plan says.
Read More: http://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/epca-drafts-mega-plan-to-fight-delhi-s-air-pollution-117031900318_1.html
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