The aggravation of air pollution with the idleness of 16 custodian devices/electric vehicles and the promotion of public transportation will lead to the reduction of pollution
According to the social reporter of Moj news agency
, air pollution It has reached the alarm limit and although in the early 2010s only provinces such as Sistan and Baluchistan and some eastern provinces were involved in the problems of air pollution and fine dust and respiratory diseases caused by this abnormal phenomenon, now the pollution has taken over Iran and is not going to go away. give to cleanliness We should start praying so that maybe a wind will blow and give some breathing space for the citizens from the difficulty to the limit of tolerability.
According to the statistics provided by the Majlis Research Center, the country loses 8.7 billion dollars annually from air pollution, and more than 80% of this pollution is produced from mobile sources. The government always insists that people should use private cars and motorcycles less and use public transportation instead, but the evidence shows that urban public transportation is not sufficient for the population, and this problem remains in effect.
However, environmental activist Mohammad Darvish has suggested that in order to remove pollution, electric buses, metro and its improvement, shared bicycles and electric bicycles should be prioritized in public transportation and safe routes for this mode of transportation should be created so that This problem can be solved in the country within 5 years.
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8.7 billion dollars annual damage to the country from the place of pollution
In this regard, Mohammad Darvish, an environmental expert and the head of the environmental committee in the Social Health Chair of UNESCO, in an exclusive conversation with the Moj news agency, regarding air pollution in the country and the problem that the people of this land have been dealing with for years, and every year is getting worse than last year. He pointed to the statistics of the Majlis Research Center and said: The statistics of the Majlis Research Center show that the country loses 8.7 billion dollars annually from air pollution, which is almost double the budget of the Ministry of Education, the largest ministry in the country.
The head of the environment committee in the social health chair of UNESCO emphasized: The statistics presented by the Majlis Research Center are a good incentive for the government to resolve its problem and solve the problem of air pollution.
Recalling that the Clean Air Law was approved in 2016, this environmental activist added: In that law, many institutions pledged to show adherence to the implementation of the law and try to fulfill it, but practically since the year of the Clean Air Law’s approval, every The air pollution situation worsened and did not improve.
He continued: According to the report published by the environmental faction of the Islamic Council, almost all of the 16 organizations that were found responsible in the Clean Air Law have abandoned their actions and failed to fulfill their duties.
Darvish stated: The organization that has been the most inactive regarding the implementation of the Clean Air Law is the Environmental Protection Organization, the organization that was supposed to be in charge of the proper implementation of this law.
According to him, Municipality of Tehran He had previously announced that 82.9 percent of the city’s gaseous pollutants are produced from mobile sources. Therefore, it is necessary to invest in mobile resources and try to make citizens use private cars and motorcycles less for their transportation. For this, we need to prioritize electric buses, metro and its upgrades, shared bicycles and electric bicycles in public transportation and create safe routes for this mode of transportation.
He stated: By creating such an environment, it will be possible to solve these problems within 5 years, which is a long step and the government is expected to take this path.
This environmental activist has announced that this has been successfully implemented in cities such as Bogato, the capital of Colombia, and Mexico City, the capital of Mexico, which are relatively low-income countries, and can be implemented in our country as well.