It is a fact that a thick smog covered the city of Delhi on Friday, and the air quality right here hit acute levels. This has marked the commencement of a pollution season in Delhi which takes place every year.
The quality of the air in Delhi started declining during the last week and this has resulted in many farmers in the adjoining states of Punjab and Haryana burning their fields at the time of the crop planting season. Winds bringing contaminants to Delhi have further compounded this issue and there has been a drop in temperatures as well for trapping the particles.
Schools shut down
The authorities have shut schools, as well as any other nonessential constructions in and around the city while the air quality index right here hit 500 which happens to be 100 times the limit that the World Health Organization considers to be healthy.
It is a fact that there was an astounding 740% increase in farm fires in the state of Punjab and in excess of 1,000 fires happened in just one day. Vehicle emissions, the burning of rubber, and construction happen to be the other causes of contamination in Delhi right now.
The lifespan of people in Delhi can be shortened
There are approximately 33 million individuals residing in Delhi, and it is one of the most contaminated cities on the planet at present. As per the air quality life index of this year, the lifespan of individuals staying in the city can be shortened by as many as 11.9 years because of the unhealthy air that they breathe.
Physicians in the city have started visualizing the damaging impact that pollution can have on the residents out there. Nikhil Modi, who happens to be a physician at Apollo Hospital in the city, asserted that there has been an increment in the number of patients suffering from breathing issues and more and more individuals are having problems such as watery eyes, colds, coughs, as well as billing issues. Moreover, these have affected individuals of every age in the city. Therefore, the time is right for all people to put on masks and they should only go out whenever it is required for them to do so.
The pollution levels in the city in the month of October were the worst since 2020 as per the Central Pollution Control Board.
The AAP (Aam Admi party) government has implemented certain methods to tackle the problem of pollution in Delhi such as sprinkling water on the streets for the purpose of minimizing the accumulation of dust as well as the construction of a couple of smog towers with a height of 80 feet. Incidentally, approximately $2 million were spent to build each of these towers whose main purpose is to clean the air in this city, although many scientists have asserted that these are not effective by any means.
