Green Delhi

DELHI
INDIA
Amongst the Greenest Capitals of the World
Published by:
Directorate of Information and Publicity
www.publicity.delhigovt.nic.in
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DELHI
INDIA
Advisory Board
R. Narayanaswami
Chief Secretary
Government of NCT of Delhi
P.K. Tripathi
Principal Secretary to Chief Minister,
Rakesh Mehta
Principal Secretary, Public Relations,
J. K. Dadoo
Secretary, Environment & Forest
Chief Photo Editor

Uday Sahay
Director, Information & Publicity
Chief Text Coordinator

S.S. Yadav
Special Secretary to Chief Minister,
Text Coordinator
M. Dwarakanath
Senior Scientific Officer, Environment
Green Room Team

M.S. Shehrawat, Maneesh, Nalin,
Kaanchan, Satpal, Vinod, Amit, Chandan,
Puran, Shyam, Sudhir, Ajay
Design and Production

theIdeaWorks
Delhi 01 02 03
Amongst the assured air efficient smarter energy
Greenest Capitals quality transport management
of the World for healthier life infrastructure conservation and use
reducing pollution of renewables
and stress, increasing
efficiency and safety
04 05 06 07
waste water and green buildings social and
management waste water and spreading community
reduce, reuse & strategies green cover action
recycle and integrated going beyond the greening the towards a green future
approach for conventional work place
management
16 MILLION PEOPLE.
RISING ASPIRATIONS.
RAPID URBANISATION.
CHALLENGE OF INFRASTRUCTURE.
COMMITTED ADMINISTRATION.
RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS.
DELHI. A CLEAN GREEN METROPOLIS.
Today, Delhi is among the greenest Capital cities of the world

and home to the Commonwealth Games-2010. Through various
sustained efforts undertaken by Delhi Government, it is
emerging as one of the most sustainable human habitations.
Balance between development and environment is the essence
of Delhi’s growth philosophy. The power of knowledge is being
blended with nature’s bounty to engineer solutions that will
combat serious issues like climate change and global warming.
DELHI | Amongst the Greenest Capitals of the World 7
Delhi faces enormous challenges with a corridors to enable the large population to
teeming population of 16 million and move freely and smoothly with in the city.
unrestrained influx of nearly half a Balancing the need for incremental
million people every year. There are infrastructure and yet preventing the
huge opportunities for the talented and ecology from deteriorating is the need of
the consequent pressure on land, water, the hour for Delhi. So far it has withstood
air, space and environment, presents the onslaught of burgeoning population
stumbling challenges of developing and its consequential needs, and the city
appropriate infrastructure to meet the is now gearing for meeting the future
civic amenities and requirements. needs of the population in the next
Emissions from India's fastest growing decade. A master plan till 2021 is in place
automobile population of 4.5 million is which sets the tone and the pace for
causing the city to develop modern metro Delhi's development, which has to be
systems, large number of flyovers, mass sustainable for the city to thrive and grow.
rapid transit system and high speed bus
Annual variation of CO at ITO (high traffic intersection) in Delhi
6000
5000
Concentration in mg/m3
4000 Post CNG

Pre CNG
3000
2000
1000
00
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Year
CO Source: Environment Department, Delhi Government

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assured air quality
for healthier life
Achieving and maintaining good air quality is crucial to the

maintenance of public health and economic vitality of every
city. Accordingly, Government of Delhi continues to work
towards developing and implementing policies that provide
residents and visitors with the benefits of clean air and
a healthy environment at home, at work and at leisure.
DESPITE THE EXPONENTIAL RISE IN THE NUMBER OF

VEHICLES PLYING ON DELHI’S ROADS, THE SULPHUR
DIOXIDE LEVEL IN THE AIR HAS COME DOWN BY 52%
BETWEEN 2000 AND 2006.
Today, over 130,000 vehicles that run on the roads

of Delhi use CNG as fuel.
Construction of over 60 flyovers, 32 by-passes and underpasses

to reduce the waiting time at busy intersections thereby
reducing tail pipe emissions due to stalling on clogged roads.
Thousands of polluting industries have Over 22% of Delhi’s land area is today
been closed down and others have been covered by forests. Over the past ten
relocated to special industrial zones with years, the forest cover of the city has
common effluent treatment facilities, expanded by more than 1500 %, leading
built on the outskirts of the city. Industrial to the expansion of the environment’s
policy has been changed to allow only capacity to safely absorb greenhouse
clean, hi-tech, service oriented industrial gasses and assure minimal damage to air
units in the city. The anti-firecrackers quality. The Delhi’s Greening program is
campaign, launched has also added to one of the largest city greening exercises
the improvement in the quality of air in undertaken anywhere in the world.
Delhi.
Trend of Ambient Air Quality Parametres before and after the introduction of CNG in Delhi
450
400
350
Concentration in mg/m3
300
Post CNG
250 Pre CNG
200
150
100
50
00
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Year
SPM RSPM NOx SOx
Source: Environment Department, Delhi Government

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efficient transport
infrastructure
reducing pollution and stress,
increasing efficiency and safety
Delhi’s sustainable transportation network meets people’s

needs for access to jobs, commerce and recreation with
optimum utilisation of resources. Delhi is home to the
world’s most eco-friendly metro rail network, envisaged
and implemented with the least possible damage to nature.
DELHI IS HOME TO THE WORLD’S MOST

ECO-FRIENDLY PUBLIC TRANSPORT NETWORK.
The High Capacity Bus System will enhance capacity,

reduce congestion and augment Delhi’s mass transport system.
Delhi’s roads are being widened to ensure easy flow of traffic

and thereby bring down pollution caused by vehicles stalled
in traffic jams.
Stability in power transmisson has reduced dependence

on diesel generators and release of greenhouse gases.
A unique scheme in Delhi provides power efficient lighting

equipment to its consumers at subsidised cost.
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waste management
reduce, reuse & recycle and
integrated approach for management
A campaign for minimising waste called the 3Rs (Reduce,

Recycle and Reuse) was undertaken by the government with
active participation of citizens through over 2000 Resident
Welfare Associations and 1600 Eco Clubs in schools and
colleges of the city. A large number of Resident Welfare
Associations have taken up solid waste segregation and
management in their colonies at a decentralised level.
THE METHANE GAS RECOVERY PROGRAM HAS BEEN

IMPLEMENTED SUCCESSFULLY AND IT IS BEING USED
AS A SOURCE OF ENERGY IN THE WASTE TREATMENT
PLANTS.
Garbage has been used at large land filling sites to transform

wastelands into parks and add to the city’s green cover.
The World Bank has sanctioned grant and compost through a bio-methanation
under Japan’s Policy and Human plant. Further, 1200 tonnes of solid
Resources Development (PHRD) scheme waste is expected to generate 10-12 MW
for gas recovery and reuse, to the of power in another project. If these two
Municipal Corporation of Delhi. The projects work well, they will be expanded
project consists of landfill gas extraction to put all of Delhi’s 7000 tonnes of solid
testing, feasibility study and technical waste into effective and productive use.
design of the project. It is expected that
3.0 million Tonnes of equivalent of CO2 Plastic bags were a serious threat to the
will be reduced. The methane gas recovery city’s eco system and have been banned.
program has been implemented success- Degradable plastic bags are promoted in a
fully and it is being used as a source of big way through both statutory and non
energy in the waste treatment plants. This statutory measures. The ‘Say no to Plastic’
not only reduces the emission of green- campaign has been a huge success with all
house gases from the decomposition of hotels, shopping malls and other
waste, but also reduces the dependence of establishments shifting to paper bags.
the system on external sources of power,
thereby reducing energy consumption and Resources like paper have been recycled
subsequent pollution. within government offices. Over 50 paper
recycling units have been set up in the city
Two major projects of waste management including one in the Delhi Secretariat, the
are being implemented in Public- seat of the city government. Some of them
Private Partnership by the Municipal have been installed in schools and
Corporation of Delhi. 2000 tonnes of demonstrate the value of recycling to the
solid waste will be treated and converted new generation. Together, these plants
into 16 MW of power in a 15 acre site in recycle the waste paper that emanates
Delhi. Secondly, about 100 tonnes of from government offices and schools,
solid wastes will be converted into bio-gas controlling pollution.
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water and
waste water strategies
going beyond the conventional
Delhi's water policy works towards sustainable water use,

balancing the needs of the community with the ability to tap
more and more raw water and treat it in the most efficient
manner. Energy consumption for water treatment has also
been subjected to tight audits.
ADVANCED METHANE GAS RECOVERY SYSTEMS

FROM WASTE WATER TREATMENT AND USED
TO MEET REQUIREMENTS OF THE PLANT.
In Sonia Vihar Treatment Plant, over 15% energy has been

conserved by applying stringent energy audit mechanisms
leading to reduction in GHG emissions.
Delhi has implemented programmes to rejuvenate water

bodies by recycling waste water from sewage treatment plants.
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green buildings and
spreading green cover
greening the work place
Delhi has decided to adopt the Green Buildings technology

across all its major construction agencies through a circular
issued in 2003. The green building concept emphasizes
sustainable site planning, design and construction of buildings
to achieve maximum harmony with nature and at the same
time reduce negative environmental effects.
THE EXPANSION AND CONSTRUCTION OF INTEGRATED

TERMINALS FOR DELHI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT LIMITED
WILL ADOPT THE GREEN BUILDING CONCEPT.
Active efforts by the Government have led to the expansion

in forest cover of the city from 26 sq. km to over 300 square
kilometers over the past 10 years.
14 city forests are being revived and 9 entirely new city forests
are being created.
along railway lines, railway stations, The abandoned mines in the outskirts of
along the drains, village community Delhi were reclaimed and refurbished
lands and villages, bunds of agricultural with half a million trees and today the
lands, farm lands etc were also selected entire 4000 acres is resplendent with a
for plantation in a coordinated efforts beautiful green cover where animals and
with the concerned agencies. Initiatives insects are finding their homes in large
such as free distribution of saplings numbers. It has become a renewed wild
through 13 Departmental nurseries and life sanctuary and waste lands have been
through the nurseries of other greening converted into verdant green space.
agencies were also taken. Novel
approach such as free distribution The Government of Delhi will utilise
through petrol pumps and Mother Diary every inch of space to plant 1.8 million
milk vending booths during monsoon saplings in 2007-08 and this would be a
season yielded fruitful results. record for any city in the world. This
effort will be taken up as a separate
carbon financing project under the clean
development mechanism.
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social and
community action
towards a green future
From development to implementation to evaluation - effective

public education and information efforts at every step have
played a pivotal role in building a sustainable Delhi. Given
Delhi’s diversity of communities and cultures, the programs
had to be consistently engaging, positive and inclusive.
Accurate, usable information about sustainability has been
made widely available, in many languages and formats.
THE ‘CATCH THEM YOUNG’ PROGRAM IMPLEMENTED

BY THE GOVERNMENT DISSEMINATES AWARENESS
ACTIVITIES ACROSS CITY SCHOOLS.
Bhagidari Workshops involving Resident Welfare Associations,

Traders’ Associations, Schools, NGOs and Corporates have
increased citizen involvement in environmental issues.
Bhagidari Program involving Residents Welfare Associations,

Traders Associations, Schools, NGOs and Corporates have
created tremendous awareness among citizens of Delhi.

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Chief Photo Editor

Chief Text Coordinator

Green Room Team

Design and Production

Today, Delhi is among the greenest Capital cities of the world

DELHI | Amongst the Greenest Capitals of the World 7

Annual variation of CO at ITO (high traffic intersection) in Delhi

4000 Post CNG

CO Source: Environment Department, Delhi Government

Achieving and maintaining good air quality is crucial to the

DESPITE THE EXPONENTIAL RISE IN THE NUMBER OF

Today, over 130,000 vehicles that run on the roads

Construction of over 60 flyovers, 32 by-passes and underpasses

DELHI | Amongst the Greenest Capitals of the World 13

SPM RSPM NOx SOx

Source: Environment Department, Delhi Government

Delhi’s sustainable transportation network meets people’s

DELHI IS HOME TO THE WORLD’S MOST

The High Capacity Bus System will enhance capacity,

Delhi’s roads are being widened to ensure easy flow of traffic

Stability in power transmisson has reduced dependence

A unique scheme in Delhi provides power efficient lighting

A campaign for minimising waste called the 3Rs (Reduce,

THE METHANE GAS RECOVERY PROGRAM HAS BEEN

Garbage has been used at large land filling sites to transform

DELHI | Amongst the Greenest Capitals of the World 29

Delhi's water policy works towards sustainable water use,

ADVANCED METHANE GAS RECOVERY SYSTEMS

In Sonia Vihar Treatment Plant, over 15% energy has been

Delhi has implemented programmes to rejuvenate water

Delhi has decided to adopt the Green Buildings technology

THE EXPANSION AND CONSTRUCTION OF INTEGRATED

Active efforts by the Government have led to the expansion

DELHI | Amongst the Greenest Capitals of the World 41

From development to implementation to evaluation - effective

THE ‘CATCH THEM YOUNG’ PROGRAM IMPLEMENTED

Bhagidari Workshops involving Resident Welfare Associations,

Bhagidari Program involving Residents Welfare Associations,

DELHI | Amongst the Greenest Capitals of the World 47

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