-IndiaToday.in Air emergencies, heat waves, water shortages, street flooding, garbage spillovers, traffic jams and noise pollution… Delhi has become unlivable and no urban planning can fix this unsustainable concrete jungle. It’s time we seriously looked at moving the capital out to let the city heal and live. In the last few years, winter in Delhi has become depressingly synonymous with toxic air pollution. During summers, drinking water shortages leave the city parched...
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1,750 Indians died due to extreme weather events in 2021, says new IMD report
In the month of January this year, more than 100 homeless persons died (please click here and here to access) in Delhi-NCR due to cold wave like conditions. Although a Delhi-based non-government organisation (NGO) Centre for Holistic Development (CHD) made that claim, and therefore asked the Chief Minister of Delhi to make proper arrangements for the homeless poor during winters, the officials of the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB)...
More »What's behind the intense storms battering North West India? Experts divided, call for more research
-Scroll.in Some believe the ‘peculiar’ thunderstorms and Dust Storms are because of a change in the pattern of winter storms, or rising heat. Several of India’s northern states – particularly Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Delhi – have experienced a spate of severe thunderstorms and Dust Storms with strong winds and lightning in the past month. The storms have killed over 124 people and left a trail of devastation. According to the Indian...
More »Delhi smog: Gulf Dust Storm had bigger role than stubble burning
-The Indian Express The study, released on Thursday, says that the Dust Storm was responsible for 40 per cent of the pollution on November 8, when the average air quality index was 478, indicating “severe” levels of pollution. BESIDES STUBBLE burning, a “multi-day Dust Storm” in Iraq, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia was the main cause of Delhi’s smog between November 6 and 14, according to a study by the System of Air...
More »Dust Storm in West Asia precipitated Delhi smog crisis: SAFAR
-PTI New Delhi: As Delhi and its neighbours spar over stubble burning, a Centre-run monitoring agency has identified a West Asian Dust Storm as the chief trigger behind the recent smog episode in the region. On November 8, the contribution of the Dust Storm was 40 per cent, eclipsing the role of emissions from stubble burning, which stood at 25 per cent, the Pune-based System of Air Quality And Weather Forecasting And...
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