What about trucks entering Delhi? A recent study by the Air Pollution Action Group (AirPACT), IIT Delhi and TERI offers a closer look at the trucks entering the capital every day. (https://www.teriin.org/policy-brief/towards-cleaner-freight-delhi) The study estimates that 16,900 heavy-duty trucks enter Delhi daily. Around 92 per cent of these trucks report Delhi as their destination, while only eight per cent are passing through the city. Most trucks entering Delhi already comply with the latest emission norms. About 62 per cent are BS-VI vehicles, while 28 per cent are BS-IV and 10 per cent are BS-III or older.
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Hashir clarified that he was not trying to hate on any of the cities and said he did not want to be slimed unnecessarily.
Delhi scored 172 points and ranked 21st, sharing the position with Visakhapatnam. It was ahead of Mumbai, Bengaluru and Kolkata.
The report says that if there is a delay of about eight years (the expected average global implementation delay) in reaching the standards, the reduction would only be 10 per cent, translating into substantially greater health impacts over the period.
Aum said that a cleaner capital could improve daily life and influence how people abroad view India.
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