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NEW DELHI, Oct 27 (Reuters) – The Indian capital was saturated Saturday with a layer of greyness and pollution. Government data revealed that air quality was falling to "severe" or "very poor" levels in almost all of Delhi.
The authorities have already advised residents to limit outdoor activities at least beginning of next month at the end of the Diwali Hindu festival on November 7, when firecrackers generally tend to alter the air already struck by the stubble burning in neighboring crops. States.
According to the Central Pollution Control Commission (CPCB), 25 of the 31 monitoring stations in various locations in Delhi for which data https://app.cpcbccr.com/AQItIndia were available on Saturday showed that the quality of the Air in these areas could "seriously" the health of sick people and even affect those without respiratory disease.
The rest of the five monitoring stations showed "poor" air quality, which, according to the CPCB, can impede the breathing of most people exposed to the sun.
"We have been stripped of our #RightToBreathe," DelhiPollution, an online forum for raising awareness about pollution, said on Twitter.
Like last winter, many parents in Delhi plan to send their children out of the city.
Some doctors in the capital said that they had already begun to witness an increase in the number of patients with respiratory problems.
Prashant Saxena, chief pulmonologist at the Max Smart Super Specialty Hospital in New Delhi, said the number of patients with respiratory problems, asthma, chest problems and related disorders has increased by 15 to 20% during last two weeks.
"I expect an increase in air quality because the quality of the air is deteriorating and pollution is an increasingly important problem here," he said. he declares.
"I get a lot of people who do not get relief easily, they need drugs for longer."
Despite pressure from health experts, the government has suspended the general ban on fireworks this year and has been criticized for not stopping farmers in Delhi's neighboring states from burning stubble. .
In order to reduce pollution levels around Diwali, the country's highest court has only allowed this month's use of "green" firecrackers, but it was unclear how the rule would be applied or if there was a fireworks fire without danger to the environment.
Environmentalists have also questioned the credibility of the federal government's goal of reducing thatched burning by 70 percent in the neighboring states of Punjab and Haryana this year.
(Report by Krishna N. Das and Zeba Siddiqui, edited by Joseph Radford)
