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90% of city-specific clean air plans in India lack budget outlines: Study

The study also found that apart from Delhi's clean air plan, other city-specific clean air plans also do not have a legal mandate for implementation

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The study reveals that multiplicity of agencies is another problem that plagues these plans.

4 min read Last Updated : Jun 11 2020 | 9:26 AM IST

Only nine among 102 city-specific clean air plans have a budget outline for implenting their targets, a new study has found.

National capital Delhi is among cities that has no clear budget outline. "About 90 per cent of India's approved city-specific clean air plans do not have a budget outline," said the study, conducted by think tanks Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) and Urban Emissions.

"....and 75 per cent of them do not contain crucial information on emission from different polluting sources, leading to replication of action points and timelines across many highly-polluted cities," it said.

It said, the

Topics : Air pollution study Clean air project Delhi

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