Air Quality – Reports and Articles
This report by CMSR Consultants, a consultancy firm, gathers insights from the citizens about their understanding of air pollution and the awareness amongst them of the implications of bad air quality. 5000 respondents from several towns, state capitals and metros belonging to different age groups, professions and educational qualifications contributed their views to the study
Bengaluru’s Rising Air Quality Crisis – By Aishwarya Sudhir
This 2018 report gives a quick and easy understanding to the reader of the prevalent condition of air quality in the city of Bengaluru. The report also mentions ideas and solutions, initiated by citizens themselves, to combat aspects of air pollution. It has a couple of interviews with health professionals about the impact bad air has on Bengalureans.
Air Quality, Emissions, & Source Contributions Analysis for the Greater Bengaluru Region of India (2018)
Bengaluru is considered as the Silicon Valley of India. This report gives a comprehensive snapshot of the state of air quality in Bengaluru, along with an emissions inventory for various pollutants. The report also looks to policy decision making by suggesting measures to reduce pollution and provides a road map for air quality management for Bengaluru.
Air Visual is a mobile phone application and website that collates and monitors air quality in more than 10000 locations around the world. These monitoring points also include local government networks. This is a report summarizing the data collected by Air Visual since it has been operational in 2015. It finds India is one of the top ten most polluted countries.
Daily numbers for Bengaluru can be found here
Airpocalypse: A Greenpeace report (2017)
Air pollution conjures up images of Delhi clouded with smog in the winter. This reports essays that the problem of air pollution is not restricted to Delhi alone, nor to other Indian metros but is a condition that plagues the country. It calls on the central and state governments to implement robust monitoring of air quality across the nation. It also urges them to make use of the data to come up with solutions to be implemented.
Airpocalypse – Assessment of Air pollution in Indian cities
Air pollution conjures up images of Delhi clouded with smog in the winter. This report essays that the problem of air pollution is not restricted to Delhi alone, nor to other Indian metros but is a condition that plagues the country. It calls on the central and state governments to implement robust monitoring of air quality across the nation. It also urges them to make use of the data to come up with solutions to be implemented.