Delhi Bracing For Annual Pollution Pall

Worry over toxic Delhi air as pollution worsens

Pollution levels in India's capital have reached "very poor" category. (Getty Images) Delhi, October 28 — Air quality in India's capital Delhi has deteriorated to severe and extremely poor levels in the past few days, data shows. Pollution levels crossed 25-30 times the World Health Organization (WHO)’s recommended safe limit at several locations in the city last week. Experts have warned that the situation will worsen in the coming days due to weather conditions, use of firecrackers during the festival of Diwali on Thursday and burning of crop remains in neighbouring states. Delhi and several northern...

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Worry over toxic Delhi air as pollution worsens

Pollution levels in India's capital have reached "very poor" category. (Getty Images) Delhi, October 28 — Air quality in India's capital Delhi has deteriorated to severe and extremely poor levels in the past few days, data shows. Pollution levels crossed 25-30 times the World Health Organization (WHO)’s recommended safe limit at several locations in the city last week. Experts have warned that the situation will worsen in the coming days due to weather conditions, use of firecrackers during the festival of Diwali on Thursday and burning of crop remains in neighbouring states. Delhi and several northern...

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Indian court's 40-year quest to clean Delhi's foul air

Pollution in India's capital Delhi has made global headlines in recent years, but it's not a new problem. For around four decades, the country's top court has actively discussed the issue, sometimes passing orders that have significantly reshaped life in Delhi.

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Delhi stops construction as pollution set to worsen from Tuesday

The air quality index (AQI) peaked at 415 in the Anand Vihar area of Delhi on Monday - more than eight times the ‘good’ level, according to the Central Pollution Control Board.

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Air quality: Pollution shortening lives by almost 10 years in Delhi, says study

JUNE 14: The study adds that the average Indian life expectancy is shortened by five years at current air quality levels. India's 1.3 billion people live in areas where the "annual average particulate pollution level" exceeds the WHO safe limit of 5µg/m³, it says. Bad air kills millions in India every year. The smog-filled air, which usually covers Indian cities during the winter months, contains dangerously high levels of fine particulate matter called PM2.5 - tiny particles that can clog lungs and cause a host of diseases. The Air Quality Life Index by the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC) notes that some 510 million people who live in northern India - nearly 40% of India's population - are "on track" to lose 7.6 years of their lives on average, given the current pollution levels. However, reducing pollution levels to WHO standards would mean that an estimated 240 million people in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh would gain 10 years in life expectancy. EPIC says that since 2013, about 44% of the global pollution has come from India - currently the second most polluted country in the world. The report says that more than 63% Indians live in areas that exceed the country's own air quality standard - which says that 40µg/m³ is safe. But in 2019, India's average particulate matter concentration was 70.3µg/m³ - the highest in the world. "It would be a global emergency if Martians came to Earth and sprayed a substance that caused the average person on the planet to lose more than two years of life expectancy," Michael Greenstone, one of the authors of the report said. "This is similar to that situation that prevails in many parts of the world, except we are spraying the substance, not some invaders from outer space," he added. EPIC says that particulate pollution is the "greatest threat to human life" in India in terms of life expectancy and since 1998, this particulate pollution has increased by 61.4%. This makes it more lethal than smoking which reduces life expectancy by about 2.5 years. The increase in air pollution over the past two decades in India has been primarily due to industrialisation, economic development and the skyrocketing use of fossil fuel. The number of vehicles on the country's roads has increased about four-fold, the report says. It acknowledges government efforts to fight air pollution - the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) aims to reduce harmful particulate matter by 20 to 30%. "If India were to sustain this reduction, it would lead to remarkable health improvements," the report says, adding that a 25% reduction would increase the national life expectancy average by 1.4 years, and by 2.6 years for Delhi's residents.

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Pollution in Delhi homes worse than outdoors - study

India's capital Delhi has alarmingly high levels of indoor air pollution, new research has found. The study found that the levels of PM2.5, the lung-damaging tiny particles in the air, indoors were "substantially higher" than those found on the nearest outdoor government monitors.

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Schools, gov't offices shut for week in New Delhi due to air pollution

NEW DELHI, Nov. 14: All schools will be shut in the Indian capital New Delhi for a week in the wake of current "Severe" levels of air pollution, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Saturday. The schools will remain closed with effect from Monday, he told reporters following an emergency meeting with top officials, adding that government officials will be working from home for a week, and private offices were also advised to follow suit. The chief minister said his government was working on a proposal for lockdown in New Delhi. "(I) Will present the plan to the Supreme Court," Kejriwal said. Construction activities will be prohibited in the capital city on Nov. 14-17, the chief minister said. According to him, the pollution level was rising in New Delhi "due to stubble burning in neighboring states" and called upon all stakeholders to work together to combat it. The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) on Friday advised government and private offices in New Delhi to cut down their vehicular usage by at least 30 percent. The CPCB issued an advisory urging people to limit their outdoor activities and minimize their exposure to the air in the city. New Delhi recorded its worst air quality index (AQI) level this season on Friday with a 24-hour average of 471, according to media reports. The AQI in the capital remained in the "Severe" category on Saturday morning, with the AQI being recorded at 473.

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Pollution and buildings

A recent report showed that Kathmandu has experienced increase in air pollution by 50-60 per cent in the last 15 years. On January 5 this year, Kathmandu suffered the worst air quality among the cities of the world, even higher than Bishkek of Kyrgyzstan and New Delhi. This intensifying fact has a negative impact on various environmental aspects, which in...

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Delhi Bracing For Annual Pollution Pall

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Pollution in India's capital Delhi has made global headlines in recent years, but it's not a new problem. For around four decades, the country's top court has actively discussed the issue, sometimes passing orders that have significantly reshaped life in Delhi.

The air quality index (AQI) peaked at 415 in the Anand Vihar area of Delhi on Monday - more than eight times the ‘good’ level, according to the Central Pollution Control Board.

India's capital Delhi has alarmingly high levels of indoor air pollution, new research has found. The study found that the levels of PM2.5, the lung-damaging tiny particles in the air, indoors were "substantially higher" than those found on the nearest outdoor government monitors.