Issue: #21 | January 2016

An EVEN Formula For An ODD Problem!

Making Cities Breathable...

CEOs Note

Overview

Looking at the Delhi skyline during

winters, it is understandable that gone are
the days when we had fresh air to breathe.
T h e i r re p a ra b l e d a m a ge d o n e by
unsustainable anthropogenic ac vi es is
actually hi ng us back. However, its not a
point of no return, rather an opportunity
to make sincere eorts to protect and conserve our
environment from further degrada on.

Delhi, being in the

news for its toxic air
quality for the past
fe w ye a rs , n a l l y
woke up to an
extreme measure to
reduce further
emissions and hope
for a cleaner air this
January. The
# O d d Ev e n S c h e m e
that has been previously being implemented in various other ci es
globally to curb air pollu on was something that was both supported
and cri cised by the people. Though sta s cs suggest that only a er
long term implementa on of signicant measures can bring down the
pollu on in NCR, the age old problem of trac conges on was
something that was denitely solved. Now, it will be interes ng to know
how other ini a ves such as increasing green cover, vaccum cleaning of
roads, ban on burning of wastes and shu ng down of the pollu ng
industries will be enforced in future. There needs to be collec ve eorts
from individuals, companies and government to bring in the change
through an -pollu on measures such as carpooling, greener
technologies etc alongwith improvement of public transport.

The start of 2016 saw some stern ac on taken by the Delhi

Government and Na onal Green Tribunal to curb the rising
pollu on levels in the Na onal Capital Region. Although,
experts ques oned the viability of the road ra oning plan,
but Delhiites (despite their daily problems) came out to
support the 15 day ini a ve.
Today, the me has come for people to collaborate and
change our a tude towards prac ces that aects the
environment and society at large. We cannot let our future
genera ons suer from the mistakes that we commit today.
So, let's pledge to make our na on clean, green and a be er
place to live.

Retrospec on
AIR QUALITY Measured by PM2.5 (3.5m above ground)

Pollu on Monitor

350

Severe

250

V Poor
Poor
Moderate

DEC
2014

200
JAN
2015

150

Loca on
Anand Vihar

PM 10

PM 2.5

Dec 25, 2015

407

333

Jan 1, 2016

470

443

Jan 6, 2016

467

449

Jan 9, 2016

385

313

Source: All Figures as per the Na onal Air Quality Index

100

DEC
2015

Sa sfactory

Impacted by
heavy rains

50

Good
0

25

26

27

Source: SAFAR

28
29
Dec

30

31

ODD - EVEN Ready (15 Days Plan to check Pollu

200 teams of civil defense personnel

200 of trac police
66 of transport dept
40 teams from municipal corp

3
Jan

on began of Friday)

Op on

Enforcement

JAN
2016

Impacted by Western
disturbances

300

Monitoring

Pollu on Check

70 extra Delhi Metro Trips on

2min, 30Sec Frequency
3000 more buses:50% reserva on
for women in 1000 school buses
75000 autos on Pooch-O app

Food for Thought

6 Centers
20 Machines
1 Mobile Van

45 DTC teams
29 Metro teams
15 of DIMTS

Tweets of the Year

Scien c reports suggest that par culate ma er

(PM) 2.5 size range can travel deep into respiratory
tract, sustained long term exposure can lead to
chronic bronchi s, aggravates lung diseases,
causing asthma a acks and have been linked to
heart a acks and cardic arrhythmias.
WHO report shows that in 2012, seven million
people died worldwide as a result of air pollu on
exposure. Now, the nding has more than doubled
the WHO's previous es mates on deaths due to air
pollu on exposure.
According to Delhi Economic Survey, there were
88.27 lakh vehicles, including 27,90,566 cars and
jeeps, during 2014-15 while in 2013-14, the
vehicular popula on was 82.58 lakh. Thus,
vehicular popula on in Delhi has registered over
6% increase.

Rahul Kanwal@rahulkanwal
Don't know about pollu on but crazy jams sure as hell are
back with a vengeance on Delhi's roads. #OddEven was a good
deconges on tool.

Azmi Shabana@AzmiShabana
Honoured odd even rule and stayed home today bcoz both
cars have even numbers

Kiran Bedi@thekiranbedi
The 2nd real test for #OddEvenPlan to succeed will b when d
school holidayseason ends.It's then when all Delhites r truly
back using roads..

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