{"id":27807,"date":"2018-10-23T16:19:43","date_gmt":"2018-10-23T10:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=27807"},"modified":"2018-10-23T16:19:43","modified_gmt":"2018-10-23T10:49:43","slug":"commute-related-pollution-kolkata-shines-among-megacities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/commute-related-pollution-kolkata-shines-among-megacities\/","title":{"rendered":"Commute-related pollution: Kolkata shines among megacities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/todays-paper\/tp-national\/commute-related-pollution-kolkata-shines-among-megacities\/article24775772.ece\">Commute-related pollution: Kolkata shines among megacities<\/a><\/p>\n<p><u>News: <\/u><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>The report titled \u2018The Urban Commute and How it Contributes to Pollution and Energy\u2019, compiled by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) was released recently.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24641\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.forumias.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/exh.jpg?resize=463%2C299\" alt=\"\" width=\"463\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/exh.jpg?w=463&amp;ssl=1 463w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/exh.jpg?resize=150%2C97&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/exh.jpg?resize=300%2C194&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 463px) 100vw, 463px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><u>Important facts:<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fourteen cities including six mega cities and eight metropolises evaluated by the CSE for emission of greenhouse gases such as particulate matter and nitrogen oxides.<\/li>\n<li>Six megacities -Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore and Hyderabad.<\/li>\n<li>Eight metropolitan cities-Bhopal, Lucknow, Jaipur, Chandigarh, Ahmedabad, Pune, Kochi and Vijayawada were evaluated.<\/li>\n<li>According to CSE, air pollution was a national crisis and road transport was the sector showing the highest increase in emission of greenhouse gases.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u>2. The report pointed out the following facts: <\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Delhi fare at the bottom of the table in terms of pollution and energy use.<\/li>\n<li>Hyderabad, Bengaluru and Chennai fared a little better than Delhi.<\/li>\n<li>Chennai was the first city to adopt a non-motorised transport(NMT) policy in 2004 that aims to arrest the decline of walking or cycling by creating a network of footpaths, bicycle tracks and greenways.<\/li>\n<li>Bhopal emerges as the lowest polluter.<\/li>\n<li>In terms of overall emissions and energy consumption, Bhopal was followed by Vijayawada, Chandigarh and Lucknow.<\/li>\n<li>The report places Kolkata as the top-performing megacity despite population growth and rising travel demand.<\/li>\n<li>Kolkata able to contain motorsiation with a well established public transport culture, compact city design, high street density and restricted availability of land for roads and parking.<\/li>\n<li>The report compares Kolkata to Hong Kong and cities in Japan.<\/li>\n<li>Smaller cities such as Ahmedabad and Pune ranked below Kolkata for overall emissions.<\/li>\n<li>Mumbai, had the highest GDP but a lower rate of motorization compared with other megacities .<\/li>\n<li>Metropolitan cities scored better than megacities due to lower population, lower travel volume and lower vehicle numbers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u>3. Approaches followed for ranking: <\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The cities were ranked based on calculations of heat trapping (CO2).<\/li>\n<li>The study took following two approaches to rank the cities:-<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>4. Based on overall emission and energy consumption.<\/p>\n<p>5. Per person trip emissions and energy consumption.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Commute-related pollution: Kolkata shines among megacities News: The report titled \u2018The Urban Commute and How it Contributes to Pollution and Energy\u2019, compiled by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) was released recently. 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