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Topic: Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, environmental impact assessment.
6. To ensure that air pollution in the NCR region does not turn into a ‘pollution emergency’ urgent measures should be put in place to tackle it as well as end the policy paralysis in the existing mechanisms. Comment. (250 words)
Difficulty level: Moderate
Reference: The Hindu
Why the question:
The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it will take a call on putting in place harsher measures to improve Air Quality Index (AQI) levels in the national capital after November 21, and asked the Centre and the states involved to follow directions issued by the ‘The Commission for Air Quality Management in National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas’.
Key Demand of the question:
To suggest measures to tackle air pollution in the NCR region.
Directive word:
Comment– here we must express our knowledge and understanding of the issue and form an overall opinion thereupon.
Structure of the answer:
Introduction:
Begin by stating statistic about the ‘severe’ air quality in NCR region which has promoted some drastic steps like school and office closure.
Body:
First, bring out the impact of worsening AQI on health, weather and environment.
Next, mention the inadequacies in the current handling of the pollutions crisis – lack of coordination, absence of effective measures, lackadaisical implementation of policy, Blame game etc.
Next, write about urgent practical measures that must be taken to abate the crisis and prevent the crisis from happening again.
Conclusion:
Conclude with a way forward.
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