POST GAMES REPORT - Commonwealth Games Federation

Air Quality
The introduction of CNG vehicles over the past years
had contributed a lot towards improving Delhi’s air quality.
The recent years have seen the introduction of progressivelytougher
emission norms, the outlawing of old and polluting
vehicles, and a conversion of public transport to clean fuels.
This focus on the environment was re-emphasised during the
Games-related development.
• Stringent air quality norms were introduced
• Battery-operated vehicles have been granted tax exempt
status
• New, stricter fuel norms have been introduced in the NCR
• The thousands of new buses inducted by the DTC were
also CNG-powered, making them clean, and making the
DTC the world’s largest eco-friendly bus service
• Two coal-fired power stations are also being
decommissioned and replaced with CNG-fired plants that
are far less polluting
• Two waste-to-energy projects were also developed. These
will provide energy to the burgeoning city, while tackling
the issue of waste
• Over the past ten years, Delhi’s green cover has been raised
from 10 to 300 square kilometre. Twenty percent of the
city’s area is now under green cover. This will eventually
touch 33 percent
• 500 Pollution Control Centres have been set up to improve
monitoring and data collection
Power Supply
To complement the increase in clean energy generation,
the GNCTD has also moved to reduce power consumption,
a decision which is also reducing Delhi’s carbon footprint.
Overall, annual energy savings to the tune of 100 MW are
expected.
• Streetlights across Delhi are being replaced by energyefficient,
computer-controlled variants
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