Unfortunately, the stifling, foggy weather brought on by the combination of slow wind movement, stubble burning, car emissions, and dust-producing building work has become an annual occurrence, despite the inefficiency of preventive and punitive measures.
Source: Hindustan Times
During a Wednesday hearing on a plea to increase the amount of forest cover in the city, the Delhi High Court was shocked to learn that almost one in three youngsters in the city suffers from asthma or air pollution-related airway restriction.
The High Court assigned the authorities the task of raising the AQI and threatened to hold the relevant officials in contempt if the 300 hectares of forest area that had been invaded and had denied the locals access to clean air were not addressed (via eco-restoration).
Source: India Today
Not insignificantly, the air that inhabitants of numerous other Northern cities breathe is poisonous. Seven cities have worse air than Delhi, according to CPCB data from Wednesday (364). Hanumangarh in Rajasthan had the highest AQI (414), while Fatehabad (410) and Hisar (403) in Haryana were the next most polluted towns in the nation.
Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, and half of western Rajasthan were found to have AQIs that fell into the poor, very poor, or severe categories. Air pollution has caused an increase in asthma, coughing, watery eyes, and breathing difficulties in the North. How much longer will this last?
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