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Delhi pollution: Emergency plan needs to be implemented, says CSE

-PTI

Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) says all cities should be mandated to implement clean air action plan in a time-bound manner to meet clean air standards

New Delhi:
A green body on Tuesday called for the implementation of an emergency plan to address air pollution, after a Lancet Journal report said it was the second leading risk factor for health loss in India last year.

Expressing shock at the loss of healthy live years due to illness from growing air pollution in Delhi and other parts of the country, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) said all cities of India should be mandated to implement clean air action plan in a time-bound manner and fix responsibility to meet clean air standards.

“Ensure massive energy transition to bring clean fuels in transport, industry, power sector and in households and paradigm shift in waste management to control waste burning, construction waste and crop waste,” it said.

According to the Lancet study, outdoor air pollution was responsible for six per cent of the total disease burden in India in 2016. Disease burden due to air pollution remained high in India between 1990 and 2016, as it caused non-communicable and infectious diseases like cardiovascular, respiratory diseases and infections, it said.

“This strong evidence makes it clear that comprehensive and long-term strategies for reducing air pollution are critical to protecting public health,” the CSE said in a statement. “At the same time they note that this is likely an underestimate, there are many exposures for which the data is not yet strong enough to quantify the effects,” it said.

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