Clear the air

Govt should remain firm on auto emission norms deadline

That pollution in Indian cities has reached unacceptably high levels has been evident to all for a while. No matter which way one measures it, most studies suggest that vehicular pollution is one of the key contributors to the precipitous decline in air quality. A recent study on Delhi’s pollution, conducted by IIT Kanpur, ascribed about 28 per cent of the pollution to vehicular emissions. Another study by a team of researchers from IIT Delhi identified pollution as the cause of tens of thousands of deaths. In response, the government had initiated the Bharat Stage IV (BS-IV) emission standards in