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94.8% of Delhi's Municipal Corporation (MCD) officials are aware of air pollution, however national policies and the health effects of air pollution are not as well known amongst the field workers according to a new study conducted by Climate Trends and Earth Root Foundation.
This study was conducted between October and December 2021, where researchers interviewed staff from various levels within the MCD to gauge their awareness and attitude regarding air pollution.
Most of the staff said that they knew the term 'air pollution', but terms such as National Clean Air Program (NCAP) and City Action Plans (CAPs) were not as commonly known. Amongst the workers about 72.4% of engineers and 53% of the inspectors were aware of national policies related to air pollution.
The study covered two zones within ‘West and Nazafgarh’ in the SDMC region and the NDMC zone, where they spoke to engineers and inspectors of the MCD.
Most of the responses regarding air pollution identified vehicular pollution (99%), Construction and Road Dust (94%) and stubble burning (91.5%) as the key sources for decreasing air quality.
The study concluded that awareness regarding air pollution amongst the staff members of the MCD was sub par and that most were reluctant to proactively working towards changing their attitude towards the spread of pollution.
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