IISc team calls for scrapping Swachh Vayu Sarvekshan ranking framework

The Indian Institute of Science in Bengaluru. | Photo Credit: File photo

A technical review report prepared by members of the IISc Sustainable Transport Lab (IST) Lab, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), has called for the scrapping and roll-back of the current Swachh Vayu Sarvekshan ranking framework, stating that there are major discrepancies in the approach and methodology.

Letter to Union Minister

The report titled ‘Analysis of the Framework of Swachh Vayu Sarvekshan’ has been prepared by Prof. Ashish Verma, who has also written to Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupendra Yadav, stating that the technical review by his team of the Swachh Vayu Sarvekshan rankings reveal a stark dichotomy between administrative scores/ranking and ground realities.