Pollution is of great concern to the human race. As we know that we are not able to conserve our environment properly. If we don’t start conserving our environment then our natural resources will be depleted / finished soon. Pollution in any form is dangerous. Pollution of air, water, noise has to be controlled to save our environment.
It is necessary for us to adopt national and international emission standards which ensure better utilization of resources. These standards help in controlling the pollution.
Governments all over the world are now serious about environment. Therefore, we get emission standards to follow in design & maintenance of automobiles. All the product and services have to follow national standards.
Now day’s strict measures are being taken by car designers to adopt Bharat Standard (BS). You must have noticed BSIV written on vehicles. This is the latest version of emission standards to be followed in India. Similarly all the vehicles are supposed to carry PUC certificate so that pollution is controlled.
You should visit a nearby petrol pump and observe how they check pollution coming out of an automobile. In this Unit, you will develop an understanding of the air pollution, auto emissions, Standards like EU/BS, PUC Certification and ways to control pollution.