New Delhi has been named the second-most polluted metropolis in North India over the last winters in line with a modern air high quality evaluation. Ghaziabad was named essentially the most polluted. The evaluation – “All India Winter Air Quality Analysis” – was carried out by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE).
The findings within the report confirmed that particulate air pollution stayed elevated through the winter of 2021-22 (from October 15 to February 28). It analysed six areas – north, south, east, west, central and northeast – of India.
Delhi’s common air pollution degree through the winters was 170 microgram per cubic metre (μg/m3), whereas that of Ghaziabad was 178 microgram per cubic metre (μg/m3).
Delhi-NCR witnesses the very best air pollution ranges in North India as the subsequent seven polluted cities are all from close by NCR areas. Ghaziabad and Delhi are adopted by Faridabad, Manesar, Baghpat, Noida, Gurugram, Meerut and Hapur.
“Delhi-NCR also saw a marginal increase in the average peak 24-hour pollution. The peak pollution rose significantly from the baseline among the cities in the south (24 per cent) and central Indian cities (7 per cent), despite the overall fall in the winter average,” the CSE report was quoted in a PTI article.
Srinagar was the cleanest metropolis in North India. Palwal in Haryana, Bathinda in Punjab and Alwar in Rajasthan had comparatively much less air pollution ranges.Â
Here Are The Most Polluted Cities As Per CSE (Region Wise)
North – Ghaziabad
East – Siwan, Bihar
West – Ankleshwar, Gujarat
Central – Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh
South – Kalaburgi, Karnataka and Hyderabad, Telangana
North-East – Guwahati, Assam
“Clearly, the winter air pollution problem will not be restricted to mega cities or to at least one particular area. It is now a widespread nationwide downside that requires pressing and deliberate motion at a nationwide scale.
“This requires quicker reforms and action in key sectors of pollution — vehicles, industry, power plants and waste management — to bend the annual air pollution curve and daily spikes,” mentioned Anumita Roychowdhury, government director, analysis and advocacy, CSE to PTI.
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(With inputs from PTI)
