Delhi cold brings pollution, illness
November 1 10:31 pm
On November 1,2012 Chetan Chauhan
posted on Hindustan times that this winter season has brought the most polluted
time of the year. The average RSPM general measure of pollutants in air in
Delhi was 571 ug/m3 more than five times the national standard of 100 ug/m3 for
the pollutant in residential areas. Data clearly indicates the number of cars
being used in winter season has pushed the air pollution level a lot higher. A
lot of people avoid walking to work or school in this cold season. This becomes problem because a lot of
people suffer asthma and can easily get sick if the air pollution is high. The
situation is unlikely to get better because metrology department reported dry
weather in the capital of the country.
The worrisome fact for health of Delhiities is that the
winter RSPM levels has more than doubled in the last five years and is higher
than the mid-1990s.
Cold weather is generally a bad time for humans because
people can easily catch cold or fever but it can become even worse if the air
is not clean making it hard to breath. New Delhi doctors are advising general
public to use air filter specially people with breathing conditions. Earlier
this year Yale University ranked New Delhi’s the most polluted air in the
world. This is something the government of India should consider and take
action. I think this article is really important to our class because all
across the world pollution is creating a lot of problems and especially in a
winter season we should prepare ourselves earlier. I think Indian Government
should spend more time studying and researching why the pollution levels are
rising because if this is not dealt properly we might start seeing people
getting seriously ill or even death.
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