Question

Explain briefly the ‘Delhi Vehicular Pollution case’

Answer 1

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In 1996, the Court ruled that all government vehicles in the city be converted to compressed natural gas (CNG). The case took on its current significance in 1998 when the Court mandated that all buses in the city must be converted from diesel fuel to CNG by 31 March 2001.

Answer 2

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In a list of 41 cities, Delhi has been characterized as the fourth most polluted city of the world. The pollution of air in Delhi is added by burning of fossil fuels. Several measures haven been to improve the air quality in Delhi, they are:

Introduction of CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) – CNG is a clean fuel producing very little unburnt substances. The Supreme Court of India has ordered the use of CNG-powered vehicles that were introduced at the end of the year 2006 in order to reduce the pollution levels in Delhi.

• Use of old vehicles is discontinued

• Use of catalytic converters

• Use of Unleaded petrol

• Use of diesel and low-sulphur petrol

• Applying strict pollution-level norms for vehicles

• Vehicles of major Indian cities have been implemented with Bharat Stage I, similar to Euro II norms

Air quality of Delhi has shown improvement due to the introduction of CNG-powered vehicles leading to a considerable dip in the level of SO2 and CO2. But, the issue of suspended particulate matter (SPM) and respiratory suspended particulate matter (RSPM) still exists.