Thursday, 14 March 2019
Anti – Pollution Towers
Congratualations, Smt
Jyotsnaben Mehta
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 ofthree 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
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14 March 2019
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