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DELHI
INDIA
Amongst the Greenest Capitals of the World
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Advisory Board
R. Narayanaswami
Chief Secretary
Government of NCT of Delhi
P.K. Tripathi
Principal Secretary to Chief Minister,
Government of NCT of Delhi
Rakesh Mehta
Principal Secretary, Public Relations,
Government of NCT of Delhi
J. K. Dadoo
Secretary, Environment & Forest
Government of NCT of Delhi
Text Coordinator
M. Dwarakanath
Senior Scientific Officer, Environment
Delhi 01 02 03
Amongst the assured air efficient smarter energy
Greenest Capitals quality transport management
of the World for healthier life infrastructure conservation and use
reducing pollution of renewables
and stress, increasing
efficiency and safety
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waste water and green buildings social and
management waste water and spreading community
reduce, reuse & strategies green cover action
recycle and integrated going beyond the greening the towards a green future
approach for conventional work place
management
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16 MILLION PEOPLE.
RISING ASPIRATIONS.
RAPID URBANISATION.
CHALLENGE OF INFRASTRUCTURE.
COMMITTED ADMINISTRATION.
RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS.
DELHI. A CLEAN GREEN METROPOLIS.
Delhi faces enormous challenges with a corridors to enable the large population to
teeming population of 16 million and move freely and smoothly with in the city.
unrestrained influx of nearly half a Balancing the need for incremental
million people every year. There are infrastructure and yet preventing the
huge opportunities for the talented and ecology from deteriorating is the need of
the consequent pressure on land, water, the hour for Delhi. So far it has withstood
air, space and environment, presents the onslaught of burgeoning population
stumbling challenges of developing and its consequential needs, and the city
appropriate infrastructure to meet the is now gearing for meeting the future
civic amenities and requirements. needs of the population in the next
Emissions from India's fastest growing decade. A master plan till 2021 is in place
automobile population of 4.5 million is which sets the tone and the pace for
causing the city to develop modern metro Delhi's development, which has to be
systems, large number of flyovers, mass sustainable for the city to thrive and grow.
rapid transit system and high speed bus
6000
5000
Concentration in mg/m3
2000
1000
00
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Year
01
assured air quality
for healthier life
Thousands of polluting industries have Over 22% of Delhi’s land area is today
been closed down and others have been covered by forests. Over the past ten
relocated to special industrial zones with years, the forest cover of the city has
common effluent treatment facilities, expanded by more than 1500 %, leading
built on the outskirts of the city. Industrial to the expansion of the environment’s
policy has been changed to allow only capacity to safely absorb greenhouse
clean, hi-tech, service oriented industrial gasses and assure minimal damage to air
units in the city. The anti-firecrackers quality. The Delhi’s Greening program is
campaign, launched has also added to one of the largest city greening exercises
the improvement in the quality of air in undertaken anywhere in the world.
Delhi.
Trend of Ambient Air Quality Parametres before and after the introduction of CNG in Delhi
450
400
350
Concentration in mg/m3
300
Post CNG
250 Pre CNG
200
150
100
50
00
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Year
15
02
efficient transport
infrastructure
reducing pollution and stress,
increasing efficiency and safety
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04
waste management
reduce, reuse & recycle and
integrated approach for management
The World Bank has sanctioned grant and compost through a bio-methanation
under Japan’s Policy and Human plant. Further, 1200 tonnes of solid
Resources Development (PHRD) scheme waste is expected to generate 10-12 MW
for gas recovery and reuse, to the of power in another project. If these two
Municipal Corporation of Delhi. The projects work well, they will be expanded
project consists of landfill gas extraction to put all of Delhi’s 7000 tonnes of solid
testing, feasibility study and technical waste into effective and productive use.
design of the project. It is expected that
3.0 million Tonnes of equivalent of CO2 Plastic bags were a serious threat to the
will be reduced. The methane gas recovery city’s eco system and have been banned.
program has been implemented success- Degradable plastic bags are promoted in a
fully and it is being used as a source of big way through both statutory and non
energy in the waste treatment plants. This statutory measures. The ‘Say no to Plastic’
not only reduces the emission of green- campaign has been a huge success with all
house gases from the decomposition of hotels, shopping malls and other
waste, but also reduces the dependence of establishments shifting to paper bags.
the system on external sources of power,
thereby reducing energy consumption and Resources like paper have been recycled
subsequent pollution. within government offices. Over 50 paper
recycling units have been set up in the city
Two major projects of waste management including one in the Delhi Secretariat, the
are being implemented in Public- seat of the city government. Some of them
Private Partnership by the Municipal have been installed in schools and
Corporation of Delhi. 2000 tonnes of demonstrate the value of recycling to the
solid waste will be treated and converted new generation. Together, these plants
into 16 MW of power in a 15 acre site in recycle the waste paper that emanates
Delhi. Secondly, about 100 tonnes of from government offices and schools,
solid wastes will be converted into bio-gas controlling pollution.
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water and
waste water strategies
going beyond the conventional
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06
green buildings and
spreading green cover
greening the work place
14 city forests are being revived and 9 entirely new city forests
are being created.
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along railway lines, railway stations, The abandoned mines in the outskirts of
along the drains, village community Delhi were reclaimed and refurbished
lands and villages, bunds of agricultural with half a million trees and today the
lands, farm lands etc were also selected entire 4000 acres is resplendent with a
for plantation in a coordinated efforts beautiful green cover where animals and
with the concerned agencies. Initiatives insects are finding their homes in large
such as free distribution of saplings numbers. It has become a renewed wild
through 13 Departmental nurseries and life sanctuary and waste lands have been
through the nurseries of other greening converted into verdant green space.
agencies were also taken. Novel
approach such as free distribution The Government of Delhi will utilise
through petrol pumps and Mother Diary every inch of space to plant 1.8 million
milk vending booths during monsoon saplings in 2007-08 and this would be a
season yielded fruitful results. record for any city in the world. This
effort will be taken up as a separate
carbon financing project under the clean
development mechanism.
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social and
community action
towards a green future
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