Author: Sharma Anju, Roychowdhury Anumita
Place: New Delhi
Publisher: Center for Science and Environment
Year: 1996
Pages: 148
Subject: Pollution
Keyword: Vehicular Pollution, Air Pollution
Classification: 363.7
Shelf: C3R1
Accession No: B946
Contents: Intorduction, Chap I: A large than Life Threat, Chap II: Choked Cities, Chap III: The Pollution Makers, Chap IV: Breathless, Chap V: Our Right to Clean Air, Annexure I: An Interview with Rahul Bajaj, Annexure II: An Interview with D K Biswas, Annexure III: Of the Highest Priority, References, Glossary, List of Abbreviations
Abstract: Documents the deadly story of air pollution caused by vehicles. Vehicular pollution is no longer just an intangible threat in India – it contributes to a shocking 64 per cent of the total pollution in Delhi, 52 per cent in Mumbai and 30 per cent in Kolkata. In just seven years, the number of vehicles in India has shot up by 17 million and 48 per cent of these vehicles are in the three metros alone. Bad vehicular technology, poor fuel quality, poor vehicle maintenance, non-existent traffic planning and confused governance work together to discount public health.