Action Plan for Gorakhpur
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GORAKHPUR CITY CLEAN AIR ACTION PLAN DECEMBER, 2020 UTTAR PRADE SH POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD TC-12V, VIBHUTI KHAND, GOMTI NAGAR, LUCKNOW, UTTAR PRADESH 226010 CONTENTS I. Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 1 II. Goal ........................................................................................................................................................ 1 III. Target ................................................................................................................................................... 1 IV. time frame ......................................................................................................................................... 2 V. Objectives........................................................................................................................................... 2 VI. Overview of Gorakhpur city ................................................................................................... 2 VII. Status of Air quality & its trend in Gorakhpur............................................................ 3 VIII. Gaps in database augmentation........................................................................................... 7 A. Air Quality Monitoring Network .......................................................................................................... 7 B. Source Apportionment & Carrying Capacity Studies ...............................................................12 C. Gaps in data related to Monitoring of Air Pollution Sources................................................12 IX. Institutional strengthening ................................................................................................. 14 A. Public Awareness and Education ......................................................................................................14 B. Training and Capacity Building ..........................................................................................................15 C. Setting Up City level Knowledge/Monitoring Centre ..............................................................16 D. Monitoring Mechanism...........................................................................................................................16 a) At State Level: ..................................................................................................................................16 b) District and Commissioner Level- ......................................................................................17 c) The monitoring protocol shall be as below- ................................................................17 d) Schedule of Monitoring: ............................................................................................................17 X. Status Gaps and Strategies Of Air Pollution Mitigation Measures For Various Sources ............................................................................................................................................. 18 A. Gorakhpur City Emission Inventory...........................................................................................18 a) Emission Estimation and Factors........................................................................................18 B. Cumulative Emission Inventory......................................................................................................19 C. Industrial Pollution...............................................................................................................................26 a) Industrial profile of Gorakhpur ...........................................................................................26 b) Industrial sectors in Gorakhpur ..........................................................................................29 c) Fuel usage in the sectors ..........................................................................................................31 d) Emission Estimation from industries in Gorakhpur...............................................32 e) Issues of Industrial pollution ................................................................................................37 f) Specific Issues of Industrial Pollution in Gorakhpur ..................................................40 g) Issue of air polluting industries in non-conforming areas .................................41 h) Strategies for Control of Air pollution due to industries .....................................41 D. Brick kilns ..............................................................................................................................................42 a) Emission Estimation for Brick Kilns .................................................................................45 b) Major issues of brick kilns in Gorakhpur.......................................................................46 c) Strategy to control air pollution from Brick kiln ......................................................46 E. Diesel Generator Sets (DG Sets) ....................................................................................................47 a) Emission Estimation for DG sets..........................................................................................48 b) Measures to control emission from DG sets.................................................................51 F. Hot-Mix Plant Emission Estimation ............................................................................................52 a) Emission Estimation for Hot mix plant ...........................................................................55 b) Measures to be taken for control and abatement of air pollution .................55 G. Emission Estimation from Domestic Sector ..........................................................................56 a) Observation ......................................................................................................................................57 H. Hotels and Banquet halls emission estimation (Kitchen emissions) ...............60 a) Observation ......................................................................................................................................61 I. Vehicular Pollution and traffic congestions ..........................................................................61 a) Major Traffic and Transportation problems in Gorakhpur ...............................62 b) Traffic Congestion points in Gorakhpur city ...............................................................67 c) Emission estimation for vehicular pollution ...............................................................69 d) Measures to improve traffic plan and control emission ......................................72 J. CONSTRUCTION AND ROAD DUST ...............................................................................................73 a) Road Dust ...........................................................................................................................................74 b) Emission Inventory of road Dust ............................................................................................79 c) Measures to control Road dust .............................................................................................86 d) Construction and Demolition Dust .........................................................................................87 e) Dust emission from Railway siding ........................................................................................89 K. Management of Solid Waste and garbage burning............................................................95 a) Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Burning emission estimation ...................................95 b) Status and Gaps in MSW management................................................................................96 c) Proposed plan for Solid Waste Management ....................................................................98 d) Details of legacy waste dumping site ......................................................................................98 L. Greening & Afforestation................................................................................................................ 101 a) Green Infrastructures ................................................................................................................ 102 b) Types of GIs .................................................................................................................................... 103 c) Challenges ........................................................................................................................................ 103 d) Future Strategy.............................................................................................................................. 103 M. Agriculture residue burning .................................................................................................... 105 N. Identification and Pollution Mitigation in the Hotspots ............................................. 107 XI. Proposed Actions .....................................................................................................................111 XII. Cost Estimates ............................................................................................................................111 XIII. Mid Term Evaluation of the Action Plan ....................................................................112