{"id":4835,"date":"2023-11-02T08:26:38","date_gmt":"2023-11-02T08:26:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/?p=4835"},"modified":"2023-11-02T08:27:54","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T08:27:54","slug":"severe-air-quality-alarm-in-delhi-ncr-amid-farm-fires-surge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/severe-air-quality-alarm-in-delhi-ncr-amid-farm-fires-surge\/","title":{"rendered":"Severe air quality alarm in Delhi-NCR amid farm fires surge"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW DELHI\u00a0 : On\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Wednesday,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it\u00a0<\/span>was\u00a0<\/span><\/span>364;\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Tuesday,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span><\/span>359;\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Monday,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span><\/span>347;\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Sunday,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span><\/span>325;\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Saturday,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span><\/span>304;\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Friday,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span><\/span>261.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>A\u00a0<\/span>number\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>city’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>neighbourhoods,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>including\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Anand\u00a0<\/span>Vihar\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(413),\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Mundka\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(420),\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bawana\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(401),\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Punjabi\u00a0<\/span>Bagh\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(416),\u00a0<\/span><\/span>had\u00a0<\/span><\/span>air\u00a0<\/span>quality\u00a0<\/span><\/span>reports\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>severe\u00a0<\/span><\/span>category.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Six\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>seven\u00a0<\/span>times\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>acceptable\u00a0<\/span>limit\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>60\u00a0<\/span><\/span>microgrammes\u00a0<\/span><\/span>per\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cubic\u00a0<\/span>metre\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>PM2.5,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>tiny\u00a0<\/span><\/span>particulate\u00a0<\/span>matter\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>can\u00a0<\/span>enter\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>respiratory\u00a0<\/span>system\u00a0<\/span><\/span>through\u00a0<\/span><\/span>deep\u00a0<\/span>penetration\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cause\u00a0<\/span><\/span>respiratory\u00a0<\/span>issues,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>present\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>these\u00a0<\/span>locations.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>city\u00a0<\/span><\/span>administration\u00a0<\/span><\/span>would\u00a0<\/span>not\u00a0<\/span>allow\u00a0<\/span><\/span>building\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>locations\u00a0<\/span><\/span>where\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>air\u00a0<\/span><\/span>quality\u00a0<\/span><\/span>index\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(AQI)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>more\u00a0<\/span>than\u00a0<\/span>400\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>five\u00a0<\/span>days\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>row,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>according\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Delhi\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Environment\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Minister\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Gopal\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Rai’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>announcement\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Wednesday.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>In\u00a0<\/span><\/span>an\u00a0<\/span>effort\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>reduce\u00a0<\/span><\/span>vehicle\u00a0<\/span>pollution,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>government\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>started\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“Red\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Light\u00a0<\/span><\/span>On\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Gaadi\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Off”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>wants\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>hire\u00a0<\/span><\/span>1,000\u00a0<\/span><\/span>private\u00a0<\/span><\/span>CNG\u00a0<\/span><\/span>buses\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>improve\u00a0<\/span><\/span>public\u00a0<\/span>transport.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>In\u00a0<\/span><\/span>nearby\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Ghaziabad,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>AQI\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span><\/span>230;\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Faridabad,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>324;\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Gurugram,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>295;\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Noida,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>344\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Greater\u00a0<\/span>Noida.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>An\u00a0<\/span>AQI\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>zero\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>fifty\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>good,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>51\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>one\u00a0<\/span><\/span>hundred\u00a0<\/span><\/span>satisfactory,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>101\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>two\u00a0<\/span>hundred\u00a0<\/span><\/span>moderate,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>201\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>300\u00a0<\/span><\/span>poor,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>301\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>400\u00a0<\/span><\/span>very\u00a0<\/span>poor,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>401\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>500\u00a0<\/span><\/span>severe.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>During\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>winter,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>air\u00a0<\/span>quality\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Delhi-NCR\u00a0<\/span><\/span>reaches\u00a0<\/span><\/span>dangerous\u00a0<\/span>levels\u00a0<\/span><\/span>due\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>combination\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>unfavourable\u00a0<\/span><\/span>weather,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>local\u00a0<\/span>sources\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>pollution,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>smoke\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>firecrackers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>burning\u00a0<\/span><\/span>paddy\u00a0<\/span>straw.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Delhi\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Pollution\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Control\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Committee\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(DPCC)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>conducted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>an\u00a0<\/span>investigation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>found\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>between\u00a0<\/span><\/span>November\u00a0<\/span>1\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>November\u00a0<\/span><\/span>15,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>when\u00a0<\/span>there\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>more\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stubble\u00a0<\/span>burning\u00a0<\/span><\/span>occurrences\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Punjab<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Haryana,\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>capital\u00a0<\/span><\/span>experiences\u00a0<\/span><\/span>peak\u00a0<\/span><\/span>pollution.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>Punjab\u00a0<\/span>government\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/span>wants\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>do\u00a0<\/span><\/span>away\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stubble\u00a0<\/span>burning\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>six\u00a0<\/span><\/span>districts\u2014Hoshiarpur,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Malerkotla,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Pathankot,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Rupnagar,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>SAS\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Nagar\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(Mohali),\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>SBS\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Nagar\u2014and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cut\u00a0<\/span><\/span>down\u00a0<\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>farm\u00a0<\/span>fires\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>50%\u00a0<\/span><\/span>this\u00a0<\/span>winter.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>About\u00a0<\/span><\/span>31\u00a0<\/span><\/span>lakh\u00a0<\/span><\/span>hectares\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>state’s\u00a0<\/span>land\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>used\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>paddy\u00a0<\/span><\/span>production,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>according\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>state’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>action\u00a0<\/span>plan\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>reduce\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>burning\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>paddy\u00a0<\/span>straw.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>It\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>anticipated\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>this\u00a0<\/span><\/span>will\u00a0<\/span>produce\u00a0<\/span><\/span>about\u00a0<\/span><\/span>16\u00a0<\/span>million\u00a0<\/span>tonnes\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>non-basmati\u00a0<\/span><\/span>paddy\u00a0<\/span>straw.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>According\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Haryana’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>estimations,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>state’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>paddy\u00a0<\/span>crop\u00a0<\/span><\/span>covers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>approximately\u00a0<\/span><\/span>14.82\u00a0<\/span><\/span>lakh\u00a0<\/span><\/span>hectares\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>land.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>More\u00a0<\/span>than\u00a0<\/span><\/span>7.3\u00a0<\/span><\/span>million\u00a0<\/span>tonnes\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>paddy\u00a0<\/span>straw\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(not\u00a0<\/span><\/span>basmati)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>anticipated\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>result\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>this.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>This\u00a0<\/span>year,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>state\u00a0<\/span><\/span>plans\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>almost\u00a0<\/span><\/span>completely\u00a0<\/span>eradicate\u00a0<\/span><\/span>farm\u00a0<\/span><\/span>fires.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>two\u00a0<\/span><\/span>main\u00a0<\/span>causes\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>city’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>present\u00a0<\/span><\/span>poor\u00a0<\/span><\/span>air\u00a0<\/span>quality\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stubble\u00a0<\/span>burning\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(7\u201316%)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>vehicle\u00a0<\/span>emissions\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(11\u201316%),\u00a0<\/span><\/span>according\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>numerical\u00a0<\/span><\/span>model-based\u00a0<\/span><\/span>method\u00a0<\/span><\/span>created\u00a0<\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Indian\u00a0<\/span>Institute\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Tropical\u00a0<\/span>Meteorology\u00a0<\/span>(IITM)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Pune.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

: On\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Thursday,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>persistent\u00a0<\/span><\/span>hazy\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cloud\u00a0<\/span><\/span>covered\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>city\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>third\u00a0<\/span><\/span>straight\u00a0<\/span><\/span>day,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>putting\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>air\u00a0<\/span><\/span>quality\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>several\u00a0<\/span>sections\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Delhi\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the’severe’\u00a0<\/span><\/span>category.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Scientists\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>forecast\u00a0<\/span><\/span>an\u00a0<\/span>increase\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>pollution\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Delhi-NCR\u00a0<\/span>region\u00a0<\/span><\/span>over\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>next\u00a0<\/span>two\u00a0<\/span>weeks\u00a0<\/span><\/span>due\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>an\u00a0<\/span><\/span>increase\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>farm\u00a0<\/span>fires\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>bad\u00a0<\/span>weather.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Given\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>air\u00a0<\/span><\/span>quality\u00a0<\/span><\/span>index\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>already\u00a0<\/span><\/span>above\u00a0<\/span><\/span>400\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>several\u00a0<\/span><\/span>places,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>this\u00a0<\/span>is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>worrying.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>According\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>medical\u00a0<\/span>experts,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>may\u00a0<\/span>exacerbate\u00a0<\/span><\/span>respiratory\u00a0<\/span>issues\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>asthma\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>young\u00a0<\/span>people\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>elderly.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>At\u00a0<\/span><\/span>10\u00a0<\/span><\/span>am,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>city’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Air\u00a0<\/span>Quality\u00a0<\/span>Index\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(AQI)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span><\/span>351.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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