Module 6
Air Pollution: Sources, Impacts, and the Sustainability Challenge
1. The Lockdown Lesson: Clean Air is Possible During COVID-19 lockdown (2020), air pollution dro...
Delhi’s Air Pollution Crisis: Causes, Responses, and Lessons
1. The Scale of the Problem Global and National Context: 13 of the top 20 most polluted cities ...
Citizen and City-Led Responses to Air Pollution in India
1. Smart Governance & Data-Driven Approaches Mumbai’s Air Quality Forecasting: Tool: SAFAR (Sys...
Rural-Urban Linkages: The Stubble Burning Dilemma
1. What is Stubble Burning? Definition: Burning of crop residue (straw/stubble) after harvest ...
Urban Waste Management in India: Challenges, Systems, and Solutions
1. Scale of the Problem Daily Waste Generation: 145,000 tons (14,500 truckloads) Collection & ...
Case Study: Saahas Zero Waste – A Circular Economy Model in Action
1. Overview Founder: Wilma Rodrigues (former journalist and tour guide) Origin: Started as an ...
Reimagining Urban Waste: Toward Circular Cities in India
1. Promising Models Across Indian Cities A. Swach Pune Cooperative Scale: 3000+ waste pickers ...