No story is being made by looking at this picture, but this picture is accurately reflecting the current situation of the National Capital Region of our country. In fact, every year at the beginning of the winter season, natural fog and man-made smoke spoil the air of the region. These days the air index quality of the area becomes very poor. To prevent this, there was a need to intervene even to the Supreme Court of the country.
In a worldwide survey, it was revealed that 21 of the 30 most polluted cities were in India. And as per the data, India's ranking has been pushed to 5th position. The country's average air concentration was 152. This concentration was 5 times higher than recommended by the World Health Organization and meant serious health problems for most parts of the country.
The World Health Organization defines an air quality index between 0 and 50 as good, 51 and 100 as satisfactory, 101 and 200 as moderate, 201 and 300 as poor, 301 and 400 as very poor, and over 401 as very severe. level is considered.
In urban areas, most of this air pollution comes from industry and vehicles, while in rural areas, most of it comes from the burning of organic matter. This material is further used as fuel for household stoves. More than 50 percent of this pollution comes from industry, 27 percent from vehicles, 17 percent from crop burning and 7 percent from home cooking. Around 2 million Indians lose their lives due to causes caused by air pollution.
Health effects from air pollution include heart disease, lung cancer and respiratory disease. Air pollution also damages people's nerves, brain, kidney, liver and other organs. Some environmentalists also say that its effect starts before the birth through the mother.
Not only humans are affected by this pollution but animals and plants are also harmed, it reduces sunlight, holes in the ozone layer
Adds a lot of nitrogen to the soil, greenhouse gases also have effects of pollution.
Every year in our country, as soon as this season comes, meaningful efforts are made to stop the burning of crops in the fields, to stop the smoke coming out of the factories, to reduce the number of vehicles from the urban areas, etc. But due to increasing population and political reasons, they are not widely implemented.
(Note:Many of the information and statistics shown in this have been collected from Google.)