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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.

Odd Even Returns, April, 2016

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Just like movie sequels Odd Even is making a comeback. Tomorrow it returns for 15 days.

These links have All You Want to Know about Odd Even in April, 2016

The Financial Express

Zee News

Odd Even formula to say OKTATA to Pollution

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Day 1 of the Odd Even formula to curb pollution seems to have gone well. News on TV said that.
I had gone out and counted only 20 even numbered private cars over a 15 km distance. On the drive later in the night past 8 pm there were more even numbered cars. Looks like the people of Delhi are adhering to the Odd Even formula.

Odd-even plan: Delhi, you deserve a bow for rising to the occasion

On Odd-Even’s Delhi Debut, Temporary Drop In Pollution Level: 10 Developments

Odd-even scheme: On Day 1, Delhi’s air quality fluctuates

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?