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Measures taken to avoid a disaster

Sunita Narain, manager of the Centre of sciences and environment of New Delhi declared that « the moment had come for the government to become aware that effective measures are necessary ». Following this declaration, anti-pollution measures were taken.

Thanks to the use of bio fuels, like the jatropha (a plant), for all the public transports, the atmospheric pollution in New Delhi strongly decreased.
	A young Jatropha

The plan of transport published on August 9th, 2005 by the Ministry of Urban Development and Poverty Alleviation aimed to use of the urban congestion and consequently the atmospheric pollution by dissuading the diesel, by promoting the marketing of electric motor cars and by bringing help to the cities of more than 5 million inhabitants to build or to renew rails and subway.

For at least four years, progress has been noticeable in New Delhi: buses, taxis and other public transport run on bio fuels and the benzen rate present in petrol was reduced.

About the atmospheric pollution inside buildings, according to Times of India of the year 2000, « India implanted approximately 3 million factories functioning with the biogas and installed more than 22 million stoves of better quality in the countryside and in the remote areal of the country, which enabled to save 21 million tonnes worth of wood fire a year »..

Sources :

- http://www.notre-planete.info/actualites/actu_113.php

- http://www.unep.org/Geo/geo3/french/376.htm

- http://www.jmthivel.com/bhopal/index.htm

- http://www2.ademe.fr/servlet/getBin?name=FF6991CFF69BBAF2E0D393D8EB0F3AE51153313344706.pdf