We need to convert Delhis

polluting road into

construction material

Swamispeak
(Swaminathan S.
Anklesaria Aiyar)

Road to Better
Breathing

Delhis odd even

Air pollution caused by vehicular traffic has
declined by 50 per cent in the national capital
primarily caused by vehicular traffic has been
recorded according to the latest ambient air
data collected by mobile teams of Delhi
Pollution Control Committee on Saturday at 18
locations, through mobile dust samplers on
using the light scattering technique.
This has been helpful in reducing road congestion, and
possibly pollution but results are unclear.

Acc. To a study by IIT-Kanpur

Contribution by PM10 (Particles below
10
ONLYmicrons)
9% BY Vehicles (Trucks 46%)

Contribution by PM 2.5 (Particles below 2.5

microns) : Worse than PM 10
11% BY INDUSTRY

Study by IIT-Kanpur
But focusing only on the role of cars is not a solution
which most of the analysts are doing.
A Study by IIT-Kanpur shows that the biggest problem
of Delhis pollution is the dust dumping which stands
to be the major reason of pollution.
Though, the road dust in winters came down by 10%
but overall pollution in winters goes up because of
additional biomass burning for cooking as well as
stubble burning in neighboring states.

The Supreme Court has laid down the April deadline which
looks enforceable on measures to check road dust by
road-vacuuming, paving sidewalks, and planting grass on
medians and central verges.

A deep ancillary thinking is necessary

because if the thousand road vaccumers
operate on Delhis streets, it will suck up
thousands of tones of dust every month.
But where we should put these tones of
dust? As the Delhis land is already
overfilled also, dumping in Yamuna is not
possible: as it will block the river in no
time.

Sloped Roads as an option

Immediate action is required
to properly sloped roads so
that they are highest in there
centre and sloped gently
down into gutters on the
edges for drainage and finally
into the Yamuna which is
important for proper road
conservation.

The Dust settles, How?

Finding ways to aggregating fine dust into coarse
sand for using it in construction (as India has
shortage of sand for construction today and
imports the same), Plus the sand mafia has a vital
role to play here, because they keep the
construction industry alive by supplying the sand
for making concrete and brick plaster.
Advantages Lower the prices of sand
Reduce illegal sand mining
Solve problem of dust dumping
And mainly, reduce

Pollution

Some Countries are using the

synthetic polymers and lignin-based
chemicals to bind dust on gravel
Chemicals are used to bind
dust in bulk
roads.