Delhi Air Pollution

Delhi Air Pollution

Subject: ENVIRONMENT

Context: 3 Judge bench of SC headed by CJI ask Centre and Delhi Government to hold meet and suggest emergency measures like a lockdown or vehicular ban to bring the severe pollution under control.

Concept:

• Air quality in Delhi, often ranked the world’s most polluted capital, has declined due to crop stubble burning, emissions from transport, coal-fired plants outside the city and other industry, Crackers as well as open garbage burning and dust.
• The Air Quality Index (AQI) in and around city has worsened to 470-499 on a scale of 500, according to federal pollution control board data.
• “We have been forced to wear masks at home also, the situation is very serious,” said chief justice of India N. V. Ramana.
• Deputy chief minister of Delhi Manish Sisodia urged the residents of the national capital to use bicycles or buses to commute at least one day in a month to reduce the alarming levels of pollution.

Air pollution (World Air quality report)

• Delhi has been ranked as the world’s most polluted capital in a new report that placed India as having the third worst air quality out of 106 countries in 2020
• 22 of the top 30 most polluted cities globally are in India.
• The average concentration of PM 2.5 in Delhi in 2020 was 84.1 µg/m3, the highest among the capital cities of 92 countries mentioned in the report.

To know about Air Pollution, please refer October 2020 DPN.https://optimizeias.com/air-pollution/