New Delhi: Due to the deteriorating situation of pollution in Delhi, it is time to impose a complete lockdown. The Arvind Kejriwal government has closed all schools for a week, while all government employees have also been asked to work from home.
These decisions like partial lockdown in the national capital were made in the emergency meeting on the issue of pollution. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced these decisions and warned that we are also considering the modalities of complete lockdown. Also thinking of closing private vehicles. All construction activities have been stopped.
Delhi is the most polluted city in the world
Delhi’s air, which has worsened after Diwali, still remains in a severe category. How bad is the condition of Delhi, you can understand from this that Delhi is at the forefront of the 10 most polluted cities in the world? India’s Mumbai and Kolkata are also included in this list. Switzerland-based climate group IQAir has released this new list. This group monitors air quality and pollution. The group is a technology partner in the United Nations Environment Programme.
Pakistan’s Lahore and China’s Chengdu city are also included in this list. Stubble burning in Punjab and Haryana and vehicle pollution in Delhi has a major share in the rising level of pollution in Delhi. There is a tussle going on between the governments of the states regarding stubble, but no solution is being found.
The pollution board gave a warning
The Air Quality Level (AQI) in Delhi today stands at 476, which falls in the severe category. The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) on Friday warned that the air quality remained severe for the next 48 hours. States and local bodies should implement emergency measures, including closing schools, putting an ‘odd-even ban on private cars, and stopping all construction.
AQI of five cities of Uttar Pradesh is more than 400
The air quality level is deteriorating in Bulandshahr, Hapur, Noida, Meerut, and Ghaziabad. Today the AQI in these five cities is more than 400. The AQI level in Bulandshahr is 444. The PM10 level is 568 and the PM 2.5 level is 417. The air quality in Lucknow is bad. Here the AQI is 187, the PM10 level is 187 and the PM 2.5 level is 125.
Poor air quality in 15 out of 17 districts of Rajasthan
The level of pollution in the air in Rajasthan is not as dangerous as in Delhi-NCR. Here the AQI is less than 200. The air quality is poor in 15 districts of the state including Jaipur, Udaipur, Ajmer, Pushkar. The quality of the two districts is hazardous to health.
Lung damage due to increased PM2.5 levels
According to the CPCB, the level of lung-damaging PM2.5 (very fine dust particles) in the air of Delhi crossed the 300 mark around midnight. It was 381 micrograms per cubic meter at 4 pm. For the air to be safe, the PM2.5 level should be 60 micrograms per cubic meter. At present, it is about 6 times more than the safe limit. PM2.5 is so small that it can cause lung cancer and serious respiratory diseases. From: Bhasker
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