AIR QUALITY AROUND METRO CORRIDORS WITNESS DIP IN POLLUTANT LEVELS. HERE'S WHY.
A survey conducted last year found that the city of Bangalore ranked 63rd out of 168 cities on air quality in India. Once the garden city of the country, Bangalore has lost much of its green cover to urbanization. In addition, population influx has led to the staggering increase in number of automobiles, especially private vehicles, in the city. The resultant increase in vehicular emission has been the major cause for the degrading air quality of the city. Residents and home buyers today are seriously concerned for this rising issue. Civic authorities have been faced with the humungous challenge to find a solution to resolve the rising health threat. This has been worsened as some of the main reasons for the cause, infrastructural development, increasing vehicles, and population migrationare inevitable to avoid. But the entry of modern transportation facilities like the metro has brought in much hope also towards curbing the rise of air pollutants from vehicular emissions. A recen...