Winter Action Plan for Delhi-NCR To Control Air Pollution

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Winter Action Plan to Address Air Pollution in
Delhi-NCR

• GS3 Ecology

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Winter Action Plan to Address Air Pollution in
Delhi-NCR

• Delhi's Chief Minister recently unveiled a winter
  action plan to tackle air pollution in the city.
• The plan aims to address persistently high
  pollution levels during winter.
• It is a modified version of the article you can
  get the original source here Winter Action Plan
  for Delhi-NCR To Control Air Pollution and
  complete insight into pollution prevention in
  Delhi.

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Need for Winter Action Plan

• Worsening Air Quality
• Delhi faces severe air pollution in winter due to
  factors like stubble burning, industrial
  emissions, vehicular pollution, and unfavorable
  weather conditions.
• Health Concerns
• High air pollution levels in Delhi have serious
  health consequences, including respiratory and
  cardiovascular diseases.

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Factors Contributing to Pollution in Delhi NCR
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Previous Measures and Actions

• Dust Pollution Control Enforcement of dust
  pollution norms at construction sites.
• Anti-smog Guns Use of anti-smog guns to suppress
  dust and particulate matter.
• Mechanized Sweeping Roads are mechanically swept
  to reduce dust accumulation.
• Pollution Under Control (PUC) Certificates
  Enforcement of PUC certificates to reduce
  vehicular emissions.
• Air Pollution Hotspots Targeted action and
  monitoring at 13 pollution hotspots in Delhi.
• This is a part of the current affairs update that
  falls under the Environment and Ecology section
  of the UPSC exam. Students can access daily
  current affairs on the Plutus Academy website.

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The 15-Point Action Plan

1. Planting over 10 million trees.
2. Monitoring and enforcing the garbage burning ban.
3. "Red light on, Gaadi off" awareness campaign.
4. Prohibition of fireworks.
5. Implementation of the Graded Response Action Plan
   (GRAP).
6. Identification of 13 pollution hotspots.
7. Deployment of 82 mechanical road-sweeping
   machines.
8. Establishment of a green war room for
   surveillance.
9. Introduction of the Green Delhi app for reporting
   pollution.
10. Application of PUSA bio-decomposer on farmland to
    prevent stubble burning.
11. Deployment of 530 water sprinklers to control
    dust.
12. Formation of teams for pollution certificate
    checks.
13. Publicizing alternate routes for high-traffic
    roads.
14. Creation of war rooms and special teams for
    pollution hotspots.
15. Deployment of 298 smog guns on Delhi roads.

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Other Measures

• Delhi Electric Vehicles (EV) Policy to promote
  electric vehicles.
• Bio-decomposers to discourage stubble burning.
• Ban on firecrackers to reduce harmful particulate
  matter.
• Closure of the Badarpur coal-fired power plant.
• Installation of automatic emission measurement
  stations for industrial plants.
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