SC to hear pollution cases related to Delhi, other cities today
The Supreme Court will expand its focus on air pollution to other cities in India during a hearing scheduled for Thursday.
The Supreme Court will expand its focus on air pollution to other cities in India during a hearing scheduled for Thursday.
India’s escalating air pollution crisis is one of its gravest public health challenges, yet it remains strikingly absent from mainstream cultural narratives.
Within a fortnight, the degree of air pollution in the industrial cities of Durgapur and Asansol have further crossed the pollution levels of the country's highest polluted cities in recent times.
According to the 2010 Global Burden of Diseases (GBD), published by the WHO, indoor air pollution is the second largest killer in India after blood pressure, claiming two lives every minute.
Besides, air pollution ranks among the leading risk factors contributing to the disease burden in most South East Asian countries and India is no exception.
According to data from the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC), the AQI stood at 357 (under very poor category) at Anand Vihar on 12 p.m., ITO registered an AQI of 259, Lodhi Road (195) under the moderate category, Patparganj (268) AQI under poor category.
According to a police source, a ban on bursting fire crackers is underway in the National Capital, failing to which, the violators were to be fined or jailed. But, despite the provision of punishment the implementation failed miserably.
Researchers from the University of Michigan in the US found that exposure to air pollution was linked with higher body fat, higher proportion fat and lower lean mass among midlife women.
The move is aimed at not only managing stubble effectively but also benefiting farmers in terms of income, said Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar.
Aviation is currently one of the fastest-growing sources of the greenhouse gas emissions driving global climate change. With the expected passenger rise of 8.2 billion by 2025 and the expected industry revenues of $498 billion by 2022 there is a growing concern of increased share of air pollution resulting due to aircraft industry.
