Nature of Air Pollution in India Dr. Sarath Guttikunda.

Nature of Air Pollution in India

Dr. Sarath Guttikunda

27Cities in Top 100 with the worst air quality

Air Pollution in Indian Cities

WHO (2011, 2013)

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LudhianaKanpurDelhiLucknowIndoreAgraKolkataFaridabadJabalpur

Air Pollution in Indian Cities

WHO, 2011MumbaiDhanbadAllahabadPatnaMeerutJaipurVaranasiPuneNagpur

BhopalVijayawadaBangaloreRajkotHyderabadVizagSuratAhmedabadNashikPM10

WHO guideline = 20mg/m3

Air Pollution in Indian Cities

GBD 2010 (IHME, 2013) 6th

~695,000 premature deaths

~100,000 from household combustion

Long List of Anthropogenic and Natural Sources

industries

vehicle exhaust

power plants

road dust

domestic fuels

garbage burning

construction

National Transport Emissions2011-12

120 million registered vehicles

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National Transport Emissions2010-30

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National Transport Emissions2010 & 2030

2010

2030

Sectoral Linkages – Power Plants

112 coal-fired power plants

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Coal unloading on to the conveyor belt atNorth Chennai PP

Coal, Ore, Cement, Fertilizers, Salt, Sugar

Road vs. Rail Freight Movement??

Rohtang pass, Himachal Pradesh

Sectoral Linkages – Freight

Chennai, ~550 Pune, ~400 Ahmedabad, ~400

Delhi, ~800

Sectoral Linkages – Brick Kilns

Indo-Gangetic Region

• Transport• Rural biomass cooking• Agricultural• Industries• Brick kilns

PM10

Sectoral Linkages – Brick Kilns

ChennaiHyderabad

Triavndrum

Bhubaneswar

Shimla

Delhi

Pune

Ahmedabad

Chandigarh

Madurai

Pondicherry

Hubli

Guwahati

Bhopal

Kochi

Kanpur

Bangalore

Nagpur

Jaipur

Mumbai

Kolkata

Surat

Varanasi Patna

Agra

Amritsar

Raipur

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MoUD, 2008

ChennaiHyderabad

Triavndrum

Bhubaneswar

Shimla

Delhi

Pune

Ahmedabad

Chandigarh

Madurai

Pondicherry

Hubli

Guwahati

Bhopal

Kochi

Kanpur

Bangalore

Nagpur

Jaipur

Mumbai

Kolkata

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Raipur

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Kolkata

Mumbai

Jaipur

Nagpur

Bangalore

Kanpur

Kochi

Bhopal

Guwahati

Hubli

PondicherryMadurai

Chandigarh Ahmedabad

Pune

Delhi

Shimla

Bhubaneswar

Triavndrum

Hyderabad

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Sectoral Linkages – Urban

MoUD, 2008

ChennaiHyderabad

Triavndrum

Bhubaneswar

Shimla

Delhi

Pune

Ahmedabad

Chandigarh

Madurai

Pondicherry

Hubli

Guwahati

Bhopal

Kochi

Kanpur

Bangalore

Nagpur

Jaipur

Mumbai

Kolkata

Surat

Varanasi Patna

Agra

Amritsar

Raipur

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Kolkata

Mumbai

Jaipur

Nagpur

Bangalore

Kanpur

Kochi

Bhopal

Guwahati

Hubli

PondicherryMadurai

Chandigarh Ahmedabad

Pune

Delhi

Shimla

Bhubaneswar

Triavndrum

Hyderabad

Chennai

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Pune

Ahmedabad

Chandigarh

Madurai

Pondicherry

Hubli

Guwahati

Bhopal

Kochi

Kanpur

Bangalore

Nagpur

Jaipur

MumbaiKolkata

Surat

Varanasi Patna

Agra

Amritsar

Raipur

Bikaner

Gangtok

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Sectoral Linkages – Urban

MoUD, 2008

ChennaiHyderabad

Triavndrum

Bhubaneswar

Shimla

Delhi

Pune

Ahmedabad

Chandigarh

Madurai

Pondicherry

Hubli

Guwahati

Bhopal

Kochi

Kanpur

Bangalore

Nagpur

Jaipur

Mumbai

Kolkata

Surat

Varanasi Patna

Agra

Amritsar

Raipur

Bikaner

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Agra

Kolkata

Mumbai

Jaipur

Nagpur

Bangalore

Kanpur

Kochi

Bhopal

Guwahati

Hubli

PondicherryMadurai

Chandigarh Ahmedabad

Pune

Delhi

Shimla

Bhubaneswar

Triavndrum

Hyderabad

Chennai

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Bhubaneswar

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Shimla

Delhi

Pune

Ahmedabad

Chandigarh

Madurai

Pondicherry

Hubli

Guwahati

Bhopal

Kochi

Kanpur

Bangalore

Nagpur

Jaipur

MumbaiKolkata

Surat

Varanasi Patna

Agra

Amritsar

Raipur

Bikaner

Gangtok

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GangtokBikaner

Raipur

Amritsar

Agra

Patna

Varanasi

Surat

Kolkata

Mumbai

Jaipur Nagpur

Bangalore

Kanpur

Kochi

Bhopal

Guwahati

Hubli

Pondicherry

Madurai

Ahmedabad

Pune

Delhi

Shimla

Panaji

Bhubaneswar

Triavndrum

Hyderabad

Chennai

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Congest

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Sectoral Linkages – Urban

MoUD, 2008

Car moving speeds in Delhi – km/hr

20 min of idling for cars = Rs. 1 crores in fuel losses (~$200,000) per day

Driving time is spent idling for passenger cars

LudhianaDelhiVizag

Goel & Guttikunda, 2013

On-road Idling Pollution

20%

On-road Moving Pollution

Apte et al., 2011

On road measurements from 2010

25%

% vehicle pollution to PM2.5 in Delhi

On road BC to PM2.5 ratio (in 2010)

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National Transport Emissions2010-30

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