Uploaded on 2019-08-31 by SONALI

1.In some metro areas were as much as 27°F higher than the surrounding rural areas, and on average across all 60 cities, the maximum single-day temperature difference was 17.5°F.Cities have many more searing hot days each year. 2. The urban heat island effect is so strong in Delhi, that it saw 50 per cent less fog than surrounding areas, according to an analysis of satellite data between 2000 and 2016 by Ritesh Gautam, a former professor at IIT Bombay who is now with the Environmental Defense Fund in the US.Scientists found that while areas outside Delhi have seen a 20 per cent increase in fog in the period 2012-2016 compared with 2000-2004, Delhi itself did not see an increase. 3. Build green infrastructure, planting more trees and integrating green infrastructure, more of sustainable and green architecture should come in practice. 4. Policies have been made to reduce UHI effect:- The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy aims to develop and deploy new and renewable energy for supplementing the energy requirements of the country. NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT POLICY 2006 National Mission on Green India Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission National Solar Mission Energy Conservation Building Code Green Building Rating Systems