Chennai:
Chennai is ranked fifth when it comes to emission of carbon
in the transport sector across 54 south Asian cities, according to a study done
by International Council for Local Environmental Initiative.
Disclosing the findings of the study during a conference on
Creating Carbon Neutral Chennai: Planning for Integrated Freight Movement here
on Wednesday, ICLEI research officer Ali Adil said the city’s emission levels
in transport is much higher than Kolkata and Delhi.
The study also states that while Chennai has a per capita
emission rate at 0.91 tonnes while its total emissions for the year is 3.82
million tec02 (metric tonnes of carbon dioxide).
This is mostly due to the fact that use of motor vehicles for
daily use of passenger and goods has increased significantly during the last
few years. As against 12.5 lakh registered vehicles in Chennai in 2001, there
are approximately 35 lakh vehicles registered in 2012.
Earlier, experts called for integration of rail, road and
water transport for integrated freight movement. S N Srikanth, senior partner,
Hauer Associates said that diverting the freight from road to rail and
waterways could help reduce cost of movement and promote sustainable
development.
Citing examples of various countries, he stressed on the
need for comprehensive transport policy to integrate road, rail and water
transport modes besides the need to use Chennai’s three water bodies to ferry
freight. “With the expansion of road proving costlier due to high land cost,
there is need to increase the potential of waterways,” he said.
V Sumantran, vice-chairman of Ashok Leyland stressed the
need for integrated freight mobility and said there is a need to access data
and system to plan logistics movement with the help of technology.
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