Write about any three Measures that will make Indian cities more organised and liveable which need to be implemented to tackle the menace of pollution. Highlight the points
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Let’s break down the problems and the possible solutions.
Determined efforts needed: Mexico's Ambassador to India Melba Pria, whose chosen mode of transportation in Delhi is an auto-rickshaw, says that when the odd-even road rationing formula was tried in Mexico City, any vehicle that did not qualify was banned.
Unlike in India, there were no exemptions for women, children and other sections. Moreover, if you came from out of town, you were stopped at the entrance to the city.
Awareness of impact lacking: The story of the frog who got slowly boiled to death without realising it perhaps best applies to Delhi's residents.
Few understand how minute particulates are destroying their lungs every day.
Where there is awareness, it usually leads to buying air purifiers, which might help in enclosed environments but not outside.
Now let's try and draw some lessons from how once highly polluted cities like Beijing, Mexico City and Bogota have tried to address this problem.
Get people off cars, two-wheelers: Push them towards public transport, even bicycles.
To do this, you need bicycle lanes. Stray attempts like the one in Mumbai's Bandra Kurla Complex flopped because the lanes were built and forgotten.
So much so that few even recognise these demarcated spaces as bike lanes.
In contrast, Bogota has an amazing 400 km of private bicycle lanes.
In Europe, Munich has 1,200 km of marked bike lanes and 22,000 stands. Close to 20 per cent of the city's traffic is believed to be on bicycles.
Determined efforts needed: Mexico's Ambassador to India Melba Pria, whose chosen mode of transportation in Delhi is an auto-rickshaw, says that when the odd-even road rationing formula was tried in Mexico City, any vehicle that did not qualify was banned.
Unlike in India, there were no exemptions for women, children and other sections. Moreover, if you came from out of town, you were stopped at the entrance to the city.
Awareness of impact lacking: The story of the frog who got slowly boiled to death without realising it perhaps best applies to Delhi's residents.
Few understand how minute particulates are destroying their lungs every day.
Where there is awareness, it usually leads to buying air purifiers, which might help in enclosed environments but not outside.
Now let's try and draw some lessons from how once highly polluted cities like Beijing, Mexico City and Bogota have tried to address this problem.
Get people off cars, two-wheelers: Push them towards public transport, even bicycles.
To do this, you need bicycle lanes. Stray attempts like the one in Mumbai's Bandra Kurla Complex flopped because the lanes were built and forgotten.
So much so that few even recognise these demarcated spaces as bike lanes.
In contrast, Bogota has an amazing 400 km of private bicycle lanes.
In Europe, Munich has 1,200 km of marked bike lanes and 22,000 stands. Close to 20 per cent of the city's traffic is believed to be on bicycles.
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