air pollution-How we can help to reduce air pollution?

Recently Indian Supreme court has taken a bold step to reduce the air pollution by forcing to use a BSIV emission standard based vehicle instead of old standard BS III based vehicle.  It is a great step to reducing air pollution but it’s also our responsibility to take some measure to minimize air pollution. Air pollution is the presence of those contaminate which affect the living organism and also environment. Emission from vehicles especially automobiles is responsible for about two third of air pollution in the urban area.

 So how can we help to reduce air pollution

• Try to avoid diesel based vehicle for personal use. You can use public transport because they carry more passenger. Emission of air pollutants from the bus is less comparison to the personal vehicle with respect to the ratio of emission to the no of the passenger. Because diesel fumes are more carcinogenic.cancer potency level of the exhaust from diesel vehicles in India is double from the petrol-run vehicles.

• Try to use alternative fuel vehicles which have very low air pollutants emissions

„  LPG

„  CNG

„  Bio-Diesel Blends

„  Battery operated

„  Solar operated

• If you going for short distance try to use a bicycle or walk. It does not create any pollution and also good to fit your body as an exercise

• Try to ensure proper maintenance of engine during service life, components of the fuel system must be in good mechanical condition and must be correctly assembled and tuned.  Because HC vapours lost constantly and directly to the atmosphere due to volatile nature of petrol, mainly from the fuel line’s, fuel tank.

•  Can you know when most of the pollutant released into the atmosphere from the vehicle? When You just start the engine and start running on the road. at that time, the catalytic converter is not that hot. It is not very effective to convert air pollutants at start-up.  so, when you start your engine wait for some time to heat up the engine and then start running.

•   Can you know when you run the vehicle with ideal speed, the amount of pollutant released into the atmosphere is high. So, change the speed frequently or gradually to avoid the ideal speed. Also, obey the speed limit.

• When you stop your vehicle at a traffic light, If the waiting time is more on a traffic signal, switch off your engine