DMPQ: In recent years, the national capital Delhi and adjoining areas have experienced alarmingly poor air quality starting winter. What are the possible solutions to address this situation? ( envt.)

The solution can be divided under two heads one short term and other medium and long term solutions.

SHORT term solutions:

• Strict enforcement through heavy penalties on agriculture waste burning using based tools detecting fires
• Incentive to farmers for not buring crop residue.
• Coordination across states and NCR.

Long term solutions:

• Implement congestion pricing for vechiles
• Expand and increase public buses dramatically to reduce private vehicle use.
• Phase out old vehicles
• Accelerate BS-VI
• Expand modernize bus fleet.
• Use tech. to convert agriculture waste into usable concentrated fodder or bio fuels