Control of vehicular emission using innovative energy solutions comprising of hydrogen for transportation sector in Pakistan: A case study of Lahore City

Shirwani, Rummana; Gulzar, Saima; Asim, Muhammad Nabeel; Umair, Muhammad; Al-Rashid, Muhammad Ahmad

doi:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2019.02.173

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“…Therefore, roads loaded with high traffic produce higher amounts of heavy metal pollution. Pakistan is trying to control vehicular pollution with limited resources and awareness [ 57 ].…”

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Heavy metal accumulation by roadside vegetation and implications for pollution control

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Altaf²,

Hussain

et al. 2021

PLoS ONE

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Vehicular emissions cause heavy metal pollution and exert negative impacts on environment and roadside vegetation. Wild plants growing along roadsides are capable of absorbing considerable amounts of heavy metals; thus, could be helpful in reducing heavy metal pollution. Therefore, current study inferred heavy metal absorbance capacity of some wild plant species growing along roadside. Four different wild plant species, i.e., Acacia nilotica L., Calotropis procera L., Ricinus communis L., and Ziziphus mauritiana L. were selected for the study. Leaf samples of these species were collected from four different sites, i.e., Control, New Lahore, Nawababad and Fatehabad. Leaf samples were analyzed to determine Pb2+, Zn2+, Ni2+, Mn2+ and Fe3+ accumulation. The A. nilotica, Z. mauritiana and C. procera accumulated significant amount of Pb at New Lahore site. Similarly, R. communis and A. nilotica accumulated higher amounts of Mn, Zn and Fe at Nawababad and New Lahore sites compared to the rest of the species. Nonetheless, Z. mauritiana accumulated higher amounts of Ni at all sites compared with the other species included in the study. Soil surface contributed towards the uptake of heavy metals in leaves; therefore, wild plant species should be grown near the roadsides to control heavy metals pollution. Results revealed that wild plants growing along roadsides accumulate significant amounts of heavy metals. Therefore, these species could be used to halt the vehicular pollution along roadsides and other polluted areas.

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“…Therefore, roads loaded with high traffic produce higher amounts of heavy metal pollution. Pakistan is trying to control vehicular pollution with limited resources and awareness [ 57 ].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Heavy metal accumulation by roadside vegetation and implications for pollution control

Altaf

Altaf²,

Hussain

et al. 2021

PLoS ONE

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“…The policy also facilitates investors through different incentives. However, the country has seen slow progress in the deployment of RERs-based power projects due to different challenges [155]. The energy conservation policy of Pakistan was meant to increase the consumption of renewables in the country to 10% by 2015 but could not do so due to different barriers such as the higher cost of the equipment and import duty [156].…”

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An Overview on Energy and Development of Energy Integration in Major South Asian Countries: The Building Sector

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India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh (IPB) are the largest South Asian countries in terms of land area, gross domestic product (GDP), and population. The growth in these countries is impacted by inadequate renewable energy policy and implementation over the years, resulting in slow progress towards human development and economic sustainability. These developing countries are blessed with huge potential for renewable energy resources; however, they still heavily rely on fossil fuels (93%). IPB is a major contributor to the total energy consumption of the world and its most energy-intensive building sector (India 47%, Pakistan 55% and Bangladesh 55%) displays inadequate energy performance. This paper comprehensively reviews the energy mix and consumption in IPB with special emphasis on current policies and its impact on economic and human development. The main performance indicators have been critically analyzed for the period 1970–2017. The strength of this paper is a broad overview on energy and development of energy integration in major South Asian countries. Furthermore, it presents a broad deepening on the main sector of energy consumption, i.e., the building sector. The paper also particularly analyzes the existing buildings energy efficiency codes and policies, with specific long-term recommendations to improve average energy consumption per person. The study also examines the technical and regulatory barriers and recommends specific measures to adapt renewable technologies, with special attention to policies affecting energy consumption. The analysis and results are general and can be applied to other developing countries of the world.

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“…Environmentally, the city of gardens 'Lahore' has been converted into the city of concrete in the past three decades. Urban sprawl (Liaqat et al, 2017;Sabir and Anjum, 2017), economic development (Pervaiz et al, 2019), industrial expansion (Raja et al, 2010;Rehman et al, 2019) vehicular emissions (Ilyas, 2007;Shirwani et al, 2019;Ali et al, 2020) and biomass burnings (Sidra et al, 2015;Abas et al, 2019) are the variety of sources deteriorating the natural environment (Pervaiz et al, 2019) of the city. On the top, semi-arid climate of the city strongly supports to accumulate the air pollutants in the atmosphere (Shahid et al, 2013).…”

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Preliminary Assessment of Air During COVID-19 Lockdown: An Unintended Benefit to Environment

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Javid

Khan

et al. 2020

Environ. Nat. Resour. J.

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The death rate of people is increasing globally during the current outbreak of coronavirus. To combat with COVID-19 havoc, the world has adopted lockdown policies, including Pakistan. Ironically, the invisible virus is suffocating humans at a fast rate but on the other side, there is a visible monster in the world gobbling up human health, i.e., air pollution. Therefore, the main rationale of the present research is to visualize the air quality during the 'Lockdown' period in Lahore, Pakistan by mapping via online tools and techniques using a geospatial system. According to the present findings, the concentrations of air pollutants, such as particulate matters (PM10 and PM2.5), nitrogen oxides as NO and NO2, and sulphur dioxide, are below the maximum permissible levels of the Punjab Environmental Quality standards (PEQs), although ozone exceeds its PEQs. So in light of the results, once this COVID-19 crisis is over, the government should speed up measures to lessen air pollution to achieve targets of sustainable development goals (SDGs). Moreover, the present results of air assessment during COVID-19 would serve as a useful reminder for the government of Punjab to cut down air emission levels after the pandemic.

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Control of vehicular emission using innovative energy solutions comprising of hydrogen for transportation sector in Pakistan: A case study of Lahore City

Cited by 30 publications

References 14 publications

Heavy metal accumulation by roadside vegetation and implications for pollution control

Heavy metal accumulation by roadside vegetation and implications for pollution control

An Overview on Energy and Development of Energy Integration in Major South Asian Countries: The Building Sector

Preliminary Assessment of Air During COVID-19 Lockdown: An Unintended Benefit to Environment

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