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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Air pollution in Delhi-NCR: Act, for your children's sake -Sunita Narain

Air pollution in Delhi-NCR: Act, for your children's sake -Sunita Narain

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published Published on Nov 2, 2019   modified Modified on Nov 2, 2019
-Down to Earth

We are doing too little too late

We can’t breathe in Delhi. It is a public health emergency as pollutants in the air have spiked to extremely toxic levels. Officially, the air quality is in the severe+ zone, which means that it is bad for even the healthy, forget about what it will do to our children, aged and the already vulnerable. But what I want to discuss is why and what can we do — without the clamour and the politics that in its own way is contaminating the airs today.

So, what has happened in end October and early November?

Until the afternoon of Diwali (October 27, 2019), the air in Delhi was bad, but still somewhat breathable. But with the weather turning adverse — colder nights, less wind and so no dispersion — pollution was steadily rising. Also, the stubble burning in the neighbouring states of Punjab and Haryana was beginning though its contribution to the pollution in Delhi was miniscule. However, it was clear that things could get worse.

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Down to Earth, 1 November, 2019, https://www.downtoearth.org.in/blog/air/air-pollution-in-delhi-ncr-act-for-your-children-s-sake-67553


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