Lok Sabha Question No. 866 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-01
Subject: Study on Air Pollution
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: RATTAN LAL KATARIA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION N0. 866

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 1.03.2016

## Study on Air Pollution

## 866. SHRI RATTAN LAL KATARIA:

Will  the  Minister  of  ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS  AND CLIMATE CHANGE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether a comprehensive study on air pollution and green house gases in big metropolitan cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai (Madras) has analysed several sources for hazardous  air  including  vehicle,  power  plant,  industries,  traffic,  local  power  generators, hotels and open burning of municipal solid waste in these cities;
- (b)  if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  whether economically lower strata of the society which do not have proper infrastructure for collection and disposal of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) is also adding to dirty air;
- (d)  if  so,  whether  any  proposal  is  under  consideration  for  restaurants  with  seating  capacity  of more than ten to shift from coal to electric or gas based appliances; and
- (e)  if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## (SHRI   PRAKASH JAVADEKAR)

(a) & (b) The study conducted by Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore namely ' GHG Footprint of Major Cities in India', accounted the amount of three important greenhouses gases namely carbon dioxide (CO2),  methane(CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O) for seven major Indian cities  namely  Delhi,  Greater  Mumbai,  Kolkata,  Chennai,  Greater  Bangalore,  Hyderabad  and Ahmedabad. The study showed that domestic sector has higher emissions than industries located in these cities. The table below depicts the salient results of the study:

|                | Total          | Domestic       | Domestic   | Transport      | Transport   | Industry       | Industry   |
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------|----------------|-------------|----------------|------------|
| CITIES         | *GHG emissions | *GHG emissions | (%)        | *GHG emissions | (%)         | *GHG emissions | (%)        |
| Delhi          | 38.63          | 11.69          | 30.26      | 10.87          | 28.13       | 3.05           | 7.89       |
| Greater Mumbai | 22.78          | 8.47           | 37.20      | 3.32           | 14.58       | 1.80           | 7.89       |
| Kolkata        | 14.81          | 6.34           | 42.78      | 1.89           | 12.74       | 2.62           | 17.66      |
| Chennai        | 22.09          | 8.62           | 39.01      | 4.18           | 18.92       | 4.47           | 20.25      |

| Greater Bangalore   |   19.80 |   4.27 |   21.59 |   8.61 |   43.48 |   2.44 |   12.31 |
|---------------------|---------|--------|---------|--------|---------|--------|---------|
| Hyderabad           |   13.73 |   2.34 |   17.05 |   7.79 |   56.7  |   1.56 |   11.38 |
| Ahmedabad           |    9.12 |   2.54 |   27.88 |   2.27 |   24.92 |   2.04 |   22.41 |

*figures of GHG emissions in million tons CO2 equivalent

(c) As per the Municipal Solid Wastes (Management and Handling) Rules, 2000 (MSW Rules), the  municipal  authorities  are  responsible  for  collection,  segregation  and  disposal  of  municipal solid  wastes  within  their  jurisdiction.  MSW  rules  prohibit  open  burning  of  garbage  and guidelines are also in place to prevent air pollution from the MSW management sites .

(d) &  (e)  Central  Pollution  Control  Board  has  issued  directions  on  29.12.2015  to  the  State Pollution  Control  Boards/Pollution  Control  Committees  of  Uttar  Pradesh,  Rajasthan,  Haryana and Delhi under Section 18 (1) b of the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 for abatement of Air Pollution and improvement of Ambient Air Quality In Delhi & NCR region which includes  prohibition of use of coal in hotels and restaurants and promotion of use of LPG instead of coal in restaurants/ dhabas / roadside eateries.

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