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Six Indian cities have an air pollution problem worse than Beijing |
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We've always seen people and media in India discussing and worrying about the high amount of Air pollution in Beijing. But least we are unaware and worried about our own country.The National Air Quality Index network was announced last year by the government as an official reporting standard for air pollution levels that would allow for comparisons across cities. The data from government?s monitors in cities such as Patna, Raipur, Agra and Varanasi reveals that pollution levels are off the charts in many cities and that in the absence of strong measures, the problem isn?t likely to go away anytime soon. Even the government?s own, largely inadequate NAQI data reveals that 23 of the 32 stations across India are showing more than 70% exceedance of the national standards. The pollution levels in a few Indian cities have the embarrassing distinction of having exceeded the toxic levels of Beijing and other Chinese cities, demonstrating levels at least ten times higher than the WHO standards, making air pollution truly a national emergency. Greenpeace India analysed the data provided by the NAQI portal and concluded that control strategies needs to move beyond just Delhi because air pollution seems to be a regional problem rather than just local one. The organisation said that steps are needed at national level to reduce the levels of particulate matter PM2.5 and PM10. While Delhi was found to have pollution levels 12 times higher than World Health Organisation guidelines, another six cities – Lucknow, Faridabad, Ahmedabad, Kanpur, Agra and Varanasi – had pollution levels at least ten times as higher than permissible under these standards. It time for people of India to stop discussing about the Pollution levels of other countries and act to protect the environment of our own country , India . |
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5 Comments
pollution !
a big problem and needs a big solution .
not only in your country and neither only in mine ,its all over the world .
Posted 12-01-2016 01:53
Patna is the second most polluted city in India...thanks for the nice report.
Posted 09-01-2016 00:18
it is a big problem all over the world . thanks for sharing !
All we need is to act on it , use the youth power to eradicate pollution .
Posted 08-01-2016 22:54
we as whole got to act towards reducing it !
Posted 08-01-2016 04:49
not only in India, air pollution is a big problem in all over the world.... in Nepal also it is a big problem... we youths should try to stop this problem....anyway thanks for the report..
Posted 06-01-2016 20:38