Managing Urban Air Quality: Focus on Clean and Fuel Efficient Vehicles

CSE organised a three-day orientation programme on 'Managing Urban Air Quality: Focus on Clean and Fuel Efficient Vehicles,' from January 27 – 29, 2011 in New Delhi.  More and more cities are getting extremely polluted with serious health impacts. Vehicular emissions contribute significantly to human exposure. How clean is our air also depends on how clean our engines and fuels are, how clean they remain over time and the nature of the transportation system and their modal share in cities. Fuel efficiency requirements can also minimise the energy impacts of motorisation. How must the cities approach vehicular pollution control for cleaner air? Regulators from 15 cities and towns of India and South Asia gathered for this orientation programme.

Mr. Satinder Pal
Assistant Environmental Engineer
Haryana State Pollution Control Board, Panipat, Haryana

Mr. H. S. Galoch
Assistant Enironmntal Engineer, I/C Vehicular Pollution
J&K State Pollution Control Board, Jammu, Jammu & Kashmir

Mohammad Ayub Ahanger
I/C Vehicular Pollution
J&K State Pollution Control Board, Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir

Mr. Satish Sharma
Regional Transport Officer  (Flying Squad)
Transport Department, Government of Himachal Pradesh, Regional Transport Office, Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh

Dr. Bithika Goswami
Assistant Environmental Engineer
West Bengal Pollution Control Board, Kolkata, West Bengal

Mr. Shyamal Chakraborty
Junior Scientist
West Bengal Pollution Control Board, Kolkata, West Bengal

Mr. P. Muruganandam
Deputy Transport Commissioner
Transport Department, Government of Tamil Nadu,  Villupuram, Tamil Nadu

Mr. Shitesh Kumar Verma
Junior Scientist
Chattisgarh Environment Conservation Board, Regional Office, Bilaspur,, Chattisgarh

Mr. V. V. Lande
Regional Transport Officer
Transport Department, Government of Maharashtra,  Regional Transport Office, Nagpur (Urban), Maharashtra

Mr. Hemantha Kumar L
Joint Commissioner for Transport (Environment and e-Governance)
Transport Department, Government of Karnataka,  Bangalore, Karnataka

Dr. C. T. Murthy
Regional Transport Officer
Transport Department, Government of Karnataka,  Regional Transport office,
Nelamangala, Bangalore, Karnataka

Mr. Sandeep Saini
Assistant Regional Transport Officer
Transport Department, Government of Uttarakhand,  Rudrapur, Udhamsingh Nagar, Uttarakhand 

Mohammed Najeeb P. M. 
Joint Regional Transport Officer
Kerala Motor Vehicle Department, Sub R.T. Office, Tiruragady, Manjeri, Kerala

Mr. Adarshkumar G. Nair
Motor Vehicles Inspector
Kerala Motor Vehicle Department,
Sub R.T. Office, Thripunithura, Ernakulam, Kerala 

Mr. P. Nadarajan
General Manager (Technical - Corporate)
Metropolitan Transport Corporation (Chennai) Limited, Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Mr. S. Rajamohan
General Manager (Technical - North)
Metropolitan Transport Corporation (Chennai) Limited, Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Mr. P. Madhusudhan Rao
Regional Transport Officer
Transport Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh

Mr. B. L. Meena
Deputy Transport Commissioner
Transport Department, Government of Rajasthan, Jaipur, Rajasthan

Mr. D. M. S. Bandara
Programme Officer
Ministry of Environment, Colombo,
Sri Lanka

Mr. Sugath Yalegama
Senior Assistant Secretary
Ministry of Transport, Colombo,
Sri Lanka