Dear Jyotsnaben,
It was nice talking to you , a little while ago
Your proposal is indeed commendable
With regards,
Hemen Parekh / Indrayani / Lallubhai Park
PS :
You can see the original blog at :
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Subject: ALLOW ME TO BEG OF YOU !
As per various reports ( including the latest from UN's
" Global Environment Outlook " report compiled by 250 scientists from
70 nations-which took 6 years ), due to Air Pollution,
# Each year , 12 lakh Indians die
an early death
# Average age of Delhi citizens stand reduced by 3 years
Can something be done QUICKLY - and ECONOMICALLY - to save
these lives ?
Yes , if we challenge our Scientists and encourage our
Engineers to experiment with Air Filtration Towers
To save these lives, I beg
the politicians and policy makers to take out a few minutes from their election
campaigns, to read this
Anti – Pollution Towers
Congratualations,
Smt Jyotsnaben Mehta
[
BMC Corporator / Counsillor219.d@mcgm.in
]
For what ?
For
moving a notice of motion to set up Anti
Pollution Towers in Mumbai to combat air
pollution
(
Mumbai: In a bid to breathe clean, BJP corporator demands anti-pollution tower
)
While
moving the notice, Smt Mehta said :
" Delhi and other states have already
installed the anti-pollution tower that can remove nearly 90 per cent of the
particulate matter ".
She added that the tower can clean air up to 3
km radius and over 75000 people will get clean air to breathe. “
Has this been tried abroad ?
Yes
In
Chinese city of Xian, a 100 meter ( 328 feet ) tall air filtration tower was
erected last year . It consumes very little electric power and has managed to
reduce pollution by 15 %
The full-size version could reach as high
as 500 meters ( 1,640 feet ) while the surrounding greenhouses could cover nearly 30 square kilometers ( 11.6 square miles
).
Any examples of this technology in India ?
Yes
A startup named Kurin System in India has come up with plans
for a "City Cleaner" that will be 40 feet tall and 20 feet wide on
each side . It could purify 32 million cubic meters of air everyday
As per the report, Kurin’s co-founder,
Pavneet Singh Puri said that the new air
purifier will
scrub air in the
vicinity of three kms and provide clean air for 75,000 people.
It will feature 48 fans to pull in the
polluted air and push out clean air, which will run
on electricity generated using solar panels. It
will be constructed with locally sourced materials.
The company says that the air purifier
tower can be completed within four months once the project gets a green light
from the authorities and is expected to cost Rs
1.75 crores to 2 crores per tower
How many towers will be needed and what would
these cost ?
Each
tower ( of Kurin Systems ) claims to purify air in an area of 28.27 sq km (
radius of 3 km )
#
Delhi ( NCR ) , with an area of 1484 sq km will need at least 53 towers (
Rs 106 cr @ Rs 2 cr per tower )
#
Mumbai with an area of 603 sq km will need 20 towers ( Rs
40 cr @ Rs 2 cr per tower )
Even
if the claims of the tower manufacturers are exaggerated and the actual number
of towers required is
three times , the capital funds required are insignificant in the annual
expense budgets of the municipalities
This requirement of funds must be viewed in the context of BMC ( MCGM ) having
a Fixed Deposit of Rs
69,135 crores !
Where can these be erected ?
Having a base of 20 feet X 20 feet ( = 400 sq ft ), these
towers cannot be erected on the footpaths
Ideal
places would be
#
Public Gardens
#
Compounds of Government Offices / Municipal Schools
#
Compounds of Residential Complexes / Co-Op Housing Societies
Can we think of offering any “ incentives “ to
Resi Complexes / Housing Societies ?
If
following incentives are offered , builders and societies will rush to set up such towers , in all the
polluted cities :
[
A ] Incentive by the
Municipal Corporation
# No licensing fees for
tower-sides used as hoardings
[
B ] Incentive by the State
Government
# 20 % rebate from Property Tax payable by the Societies which put
up such towers
[
C ] Incentive by the Central
Government
# No income tax on “ Adverising Revenue “ earned by the
Housing Society, by renting out the sides of the
Tower that can be used as HOARDINGS ( 20
feet wide x 40 feet tall )
At present , in metro cities, road-side hoardings cost anywhere between Rs
30,000 to Rs 30 lakh per
month to rent out .
At
these rates, Housing Societies can earn a very
substantial monthly income by
offering to rent out these towers – as with renting their terraces for mobile
towers
If using towers as hoardings is commercially
lucrative , why not Bombay Municipality do it on its own ?
Absolutely
! Why not ?
Can the tower manufacturers be motivated to sell
these for FREE or for 50 % discount to municipalities ?
Of
course !
Just
give them the advertising / leasing / renting rights , on the towers for 10
years – and no Income Tax
As
simple as that . No other motivation required !
Why does this proposal needs URGENT / TOP PRIORITY
examination ?
Just
one look at the following statistics will convince you :
#
33 % of global edible food is wasted
#
56 % of such wastage happens in rich countries
#
Meat production currently uses 77 % of agricultural land
#
Agri production consumes 70 % of global water
#
8 million tons of plastic goes into oceans each year
#
Exposure to indoor/outdoor air and water pollution costs at least 9 MILLION
lives annually
#
Top 10 % emitting countries emit 45 % of total global GHG emissions
#
Bottom 50 % emitters emit only 13 % of total global GHG emissions
#
Climate mitigation actions for achieving Paris Agreement target will cost US $
22 trillion
#
Combined health benefits from reduced air pollution could amount to $ 54
trillion
#
Air pollution causes 6 – 7 million early deaths annually
#
In India alone , some 12
lakh persons die an early death due to air pollution
#
15
of the top 20 most polluted cities of the World, are in India
#
In all the major cities of India, about 800 to 1000 tons of pollutants are being
emitted into the air daily
( source : Millions
to die prematurely by ’50 due to pollution: UN )
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14
March 2019
Rsvp
: hcp@RecruitGuru.com
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