According to IQAir, a Swiss company that specialises in air quality monitoring, Delhi was the most polluted city in the world on November 14, followed by Dhaka, Lahore and Mumbai.
TV news shows it like it is, newspapers tell it like it is. Together they are fighting for our ‘Right to Breathe’, and have been at it well before Dehi turned ‘sick’.
The Delhi government has also announced the closure of all primary schools for two days in an effort to safeguard young children from health-threatening pollution.
The Air Quality Life Index, released by the University of Chicago, found that 67.4% of India's population live in areas that exceed the country's national air quality standard.
Rapid industrialization & population growth contributes to declining air quality in South Asia where pollution levels are currently over 50% higher than at the start of the century.
Citizens, civil society, and industry should be at the heart of any intervention designed to mitigate air pollution. Local governments must engage with citizens.
Air Quality Life Index, produced by Energy Policy Institute at University of Chicago, based on data from 2020. It says India’s National Clean Air Programme has potential to save 1.6 years of life.
According to survey by community social media platform LocalCircles, 59% feel that closing down of schools and colleges is the sole major step taken to curb pollution.
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