Question

transport accounts for
major share of air pollution in the
cities​

Answer 1

Answer:

Vehicle sharing for long has been suggested as an efficient tool to combat the increasing pollution in cities across the world. In India, the problem of air pollution is even more acute. That makes it more important to explore any option that can lower air pollution.

Air pollution is the most lethal environmental threat to the world today. A recent study by the World Health Organization (WHO) shows that breathing polluted air kills 7 million people each year, with India alone accounting for more than a million deaths. Over the past decade, pollution in India has reached catastrophic dimensions. Transportation accounts for about 11% of India’s carbon emissions and is a major source of pollution in several cities nationwide. As many as, 14 of 20 most polluted cities in the world, 14 are in India, according to the WHO. In fact, the gravity of the situation has prompted the Indian government to directly leapfrog to the much cleaner Bharat Stage VI (BS VI) emission norms from the current Bharat Stage IV (BS IV) standards.

India is the world’s 5th largest automobile market, adding more than 25 million vehicles to its streets each year. It doesn’t matter what new evidence is produced, the fact that adding more petrol- and diesel-powered vehicles on the road desecrates our air is undisputed. As traffic congestions rise, so do the emissions. It seems intuitive that your car burns more fuel the faster you go. But the truth is that your car burns the most fuel when you find yourself in a sea of traffic cones — stuck in what looks more like a parking lot than a highway — that your car really starts eating up gas. The constant acceleration and braking of stop-and-go traffic burns more gas, and therefore pumps more pollutants into the air. Road traffic congestion and the subsequent air pollution are two of the most persistent, insurmountable transportation roadblocks of the modern urban city and its growing by the day. As cities come to a grinding halt every morning, policymakers are forced to think of permanent solutions that can cater to this catastrophic problem that has rid our country for decades.

Answer 2

Answer:

Transport accounts

Explanation:

Over the past decade, pollution in India has reached catastrophic dimensions.

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