AIIMS
Air pollution is recognised as the biggest environmental problem in Delhi NCR. Despite a series of measures taken in the last two decades, annual particulate matter (PM) levels in Delhi remain more than double the national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS). This proposal is conceptualized with multi-institutional expertise to identify the technological, economic, societal and legal hurdles in implementing clean air action plan in Delhi, conducting feasibility studies for sustainable and effective interventions and develop an integrated and open data analytical tool to aid policymakers in informed decision making. This project is expected to help Delhi attain first the National Clean Air Program target of 20-30% reduction in PM levels in the next few years and lay the foundation for bigger and more aggressive interventions in the next phase that would eventually take Delhi closer to the NAAQS by 2030.
AIIMS
JNU
UCMS
TERI
CSE
A-PAG
IIIT Delhi
IIT Delhi
IGIB
Ashoka University
THSTI
The project Waste to Wealth is divided into seven work packages:
Hotspot Management: Identify local dispersed pollution sources (A-PAG and CSTEP); Real-time source apportionment at the hotspots (IITD); Exposure reduction ward wise air quality data generated for the last 20 years in Delhi City.
Air Pollution: Platform for Ward-wise air quality data,
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Intervention studies: Identifying key point sources that contribute to Delhi's air quality (IITD); Techno-economic assessments for emission control (TERI, CSTEP); Finding solutions for crop burning (Ashoka University, IITD, CEEW in collaboration with IPS Foundation)
Health benefit analysis from interventions (AIIMS, IGIB, IIITD):Engaging policy makers using hospital-based interventions (TERI)
Linking graded response action plan (GRAP) with air quality forecasting (IITD, CSE).
Awareness and capacity building programmes: Public engagement (UCMS, TERI, CEEW, JNU); Capacity building of MCD staffs (A-PAG)
Addressing legal framework and impediments to compliance with clean air action plan(CSE).
Open data platform for decision making (IIIT Delhi, IIT Delhi).
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