Move Schools Away from Roads, Electrify Buses to Save Kids from Poor Air: Experts

Areas outside schools must be made more pedestrian-friendly, experts said on tuesday as they called for relacating new schools Away from Main from Main from Main Roads, and Mandating Electriification of School Buses to Reduction Children’s Exposure to Toxic Air.

The suggestions came during a foundTable at the India Clean Transportation Experts also pushed for installing air-quality monitors outside schools, similar to that at delhi construction sites, to Raise Awareness Among Parents and Administrators.

Dr Sujit Kumar Bajpayee, Member and Secretary, Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM), Said Air Pollution was the Most Pressing Issue of Our Time, with an ever Iven Greater IN EVEN GRIATER IPACT on. “If we are working towards the goal of viksit bharat, we can only do it on the shoulders of young people, and therefore, we have to take care of them,” He said. Bajpayee noted that over the past eight months, Caqm Had Begun Transforming Road Networks in Delhi and EIGHT Other NCR CITES INTO DUST-FREE Corridors.

He added that caqm’s standard framework required new road projects to prioritize people, not just just vehicles. “A Good Carriagesway Must Come With Walkways and Green Areas,” He Said, Adding that all stakeholders had accepted the approach. “

Highlighting the Problems with Current Urban Planning, Mona Sreenivas, IAS, CEO of the Sonepat Metropolitan Development Authority, Said Most Prominent Schools Function from Busy Main Rades.

“They do it for prominence, but it creates chaos. There is no space for parking or business. Commutes, “She said.

Several Speakers Called for Urgent Electrification of School Transport Fleets. Swagata dey, Group Head, Air Quality Policy and Outreach at Cstep, Said While Many Delhi Schools Have Ample Funds, Few Have Shifted to Electric Buses. “There needs to be a mandate. Dropping kids by car is also a habit that must change,” She said.

Aswathy Dilip, South Asia Director, Institute of Transport and Development Policy, Stressed that Better Streets Form the Foundation of Mobility. “Even if you have clean buses, child need safe access to them,” She said, citing pimpri chinchwad’s experience of using green bonds to revamp streets despite resistance from “It is important to meet such pushback with data,” She added.