Air quality in Indiaby | 21-02-2016 14:27 |
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Last month I visited Delhi, the capital of India, and was disheartened by the condition of air pollution in the city. Delhi is the most polluted city of India and it's air quality is the worst of any other major city in the world! Poor quality air damages the lungs of about 50% of all the children i.e 2.2 million children of Delhi. Pollution of any kind is a very painful, slow killer which kills living beings slowly and from the inside. Air pollution in India is estimated to kill about 1.5 million people every year. According to WHO, India has the world's highest death rate from chronic respiratory diseases and Asthma and if this is not terrifying , I don't know what is! A number of projects, campaigns, awareness programs, rules and schemes have been launched and put into practice to control the increasing amount of air pollution in Delhi, and India. The government of Delhi has come up with a new Odd-Even rule which came into effect from January 1, 2016. This rule defines which car people can drive on a particular date. On even dates, only those cars whose number plates end with an even number can be out on the city roads and same is the case with cars with odd number plates. This has been done with a view of reducing the number of cars on the roads and also, reducing the carbon emission. |
