Tag: pollution

With the Public Health Emergency being declared by the Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority this Saturday, it is evident what kind of hazardous air people are left to breathe in. The Air Quality Index in Delhi entered the Severe Plus category and no doubts, experts are advising Delhiites to protect themselves. The need of the hour is to take some precautionary measures that can help one from falling ill. These measures might help you to protect yourself from the harmful effects of the climatic emergency Delhi is facing:

Just after the capital recorded its worst air quality that forced authorities to shut down schools, stop all construction activities and declaring public health emergency, a decrease in pollution levels has been reported. This is due to the minute increase in wind speed.

On Diwali, fireworks were lit by people across the country. Over the years, the government, courts and many organizations and people related to the environment have been appealing to reduce fireworks. In many reports, it has been claimed that this time, less firecrackers have been burnt on Diwali than last year.

The city can process only 38% of this excess output which results in unwanted heaps of debris making it an important issue that requires attention. Improper and illegal disposal of C&D from all construction sites is getting piled up along the roadside or in vacant spaces and drains that lead to their contribution towards PM2.5 and PM 10 concentrations.

For the first time in this season, the Air Quality Index [AQI] of New Delhi has been categorized as ‘very poor’. The Central Pollution Control Board on 16 October, has provided the value of the AQI for Delhi set at 304. The AQI is a comprehensive mechanism for the measure of the air status in understandable terms.

A committee of government and civic officials has introduced a new formula and if its recommendations are accepted, it can be around 1000 rupees for 10 hours for car parking in popular areas like Connaught Place (CP) in Delhi.