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Delhi Pollution is Choking

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The pollution levels in Delhi shot up in the past few weeks. This is an annual happening. Delhi pollution is choking. It makes it difficult to breathe. It is unadvisable to exercise outside in the mornings. Running nose, itching eyes, coughing and sneezing are common.

A few years I had recorded the Sound of Pollution

I had hoped the situation would improve as time passed by. It hasn’t.

I looked up the pollution level at AQICN.com today and the picture is alarming. The pollution levels are attributed to many causes. Many steps have been put in place to tackle the situation. But it persists. Year after Year. Delhi pollution is choking indeed!

Sound of Pollution

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Pollution levels in Delhi have shot up once again. This happened last year, this year around Diwali and now again. It is difficult to breathe and there is a burning sensation in the eyes, nose and throat. Doctors have advised limiting physical activities and staying indoors.  Day before yesterday I was badly afflicted by the pollutants in the air. The sound of pollution is a recording of how I was afflicted by the pollutants in the air.

Smog over Yamuna

Smog over Yamuna

Schools have been shut down, construction activity has been halted and the odd-even scheme for vehicles is making its third return from 13-17 Nov.

Ban on Firecrackers in Delhi

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The Supreme Court of India has imposed a ban on the sale of Firecrackers in Delhi this Diwali. Every year there is a spike in the pollution levels in Delhi NCR in the winters. Last year a record was created after Diwali when the pollution levels soared so high that the pollution measuring devices couldn’t record the measurements any more. No doubt there are many contributing factors to the high pollution levels in the capital. But, the spike on Diwali is definitely due to the fumes from the firecrackers.

Schools have encouraged children and parents to stay away from firecrackers. Since there is no availability of firecrackers in the market and no child is able to buy any. Thus children don’t feel left out because their neighbours and friends are also not bursting any firecrackers.

This opens up several options. What will people and children do instead of bursting firecrackers? Well, they could spend more time having a nice chat with each other. Or, they could build something together. Maybe start a project this Diwali with an achievement timeline of next Diwali. Think of celebrating a Digital Diwali with amazing holograms by each RWA. The list can be very long.

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Delhi Pollution Level

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With Odd Even implementation for vehicles in Delhi around the corner it is time to say OKTATA to pollution as far as possible. Delhi pollution levels are high all through the year and in the winters it witnesses a spike in these. The air is quite bad to breathe and can cause several diseases.

Numerous questions have been posed. Many solutions have been proposed to bring Delhi pollution level under control.

Hopefully this step will help. If not, it is on a trial basis for 15 days and might be withdrawn.

I’m going to set up a Car Pool solution on this site soon.

Wonder if the below suggestions would help curb pollution?

1. Should diesel vehicles be completely banned?

Should diesel car owners be provided tax subsidy on purchase of CNG vehicles & assured fair market value for their diesel cars? Or, should diesel car be fitted with petrol engines which are then run on CNG? (if that is possible). In old days there used to be advertisements on TV to replace Petrol engines with Diesel engines for cost efficiency. Is vice versa possible now?

2. Should SUV sales be completely banned?

3. What is the contribution of the Metro construction on Ring Road and other stretches to the current pollution levels in Delhi? If that is significant should it be halted and work carried out in phases on particular stretches? Initial Metro construction had been in phases.

4. Would it be possible to have the Ring Rail service augmented and brought under the aegis of the Delhi Metro? Would there still be a need for the construction of the Metro line on Ring Road?

5. Are trams really not meant for big cities? Those might be slow but surely are easier to implement?

6. Maybe we need more buses (CNG?) than the Metro?

7. What is the contribution to pollution of the construction of the elevated stretches on Outer Ring Road? Read in the newspaper recently that more elevated roads are planned. What will be the impact on pollution?