-Livemint.com * The transport sector is also the main source for PM2.5 emissions, a pollutant which can have disastrous long-term impact of human health * With as many as 3,182 industries located across the Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR), industrial Pollution adds about 18.6% to the bad air quality NEW DELHI: As Delhi struggles to cope with one of the biggest health emergencies due to severe levels of air Pollution, it has not quite...
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Air Pollution in Delhi-NCR: Act, for your children's sake -Sunita Narain
-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...
More »Crop residue burning: Why Happy Seeder isn't a happy proposition -Anju Agnihotri Chaba
-The Indian Express Stubble management machines, unlike tractors, lie idle for most time, making it an unviable investment “The machine works well, no doubt. But what’s the use if it runs for only 25-30 days and has to be parked in my shed for the rest of the year?” asks Palwinder Singh. The 50-year-old from Sahari village in Gurdaspur district and tehsil has not one, but three Happy Seeders. The first of...
More »Diseases linked to a degraded environment continue to ravage India -Vibha Varshney
-Down to Earth Despite the increasing burden respiratory infections and water borne disease, the budgetary allowance for health has steadily dipped in the last few years, according to the National Health Report A degraded environment filled with air and water Pollution continues to affect health of people in India, according to the National Health Report (NHP) released on October 31, 2019. Air Pollution-linked acute respiratory infections contributed 68.47 per cent to the morbidity...
More »Delhi's air Pollution is down by 25%, need is to reduce another 65%
-Down to Earth Enforcement of graded response action plan on Pollution hotspots in the national capital can help achieve clean air Delhi has, in the last 10 years, made visible strides in ameliorating its air quality. Director General of Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) Sunita Narain and Anumita Roychowdhury, executive director and head of the air Pollution and clean transportation programme at CSE discuss how this was achieved and how to bring...
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