India has lost 90 percent of the area under its biodiversity
Releasing the e-book, CSE director general Dr.Sunita Narain said: “There is drama in numbers, especially when these numbers give you a trend—are things ...
Releasing the e-book, CSE director general Dr.Sunita Narain said: “There is drama in numbers, especially when these numbers give you a trend—are things ...
A key issue that has put fires at risk is the forest fires, which have been quite high since the beginning of the year Biodiversity in India: Over 90% of the area under the biodiversity hotspots in India have been lost. India has four biodiversity hotspots and 90% of this area has been lost, according to the Centre for Science and Environment’s (CSE) new report entitled ‘State of India’s Environment in Figures 2021’. As per the data compiled in the report, the Indo-Burma hotspot is the worst affected and has lost 95% of its vegetation area, going from 23.73 lakh sq km to 1.18 lakh sq km. Another worrying aspect is that in these four hotspots, 25 species have also become extinct. Also read | Bad air quality, non-biodegradable waste biggest threats for environment; Dhruv Bhatnagar, DB Life Sciences In India, 1,212 animal species are monitored by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in its Red List, and over 12% of these species – 148 – are endangered. Among the endangered species are 69 mammals, 23 reptiles as well as 56 amphibians. A key issue that has put fires at risk is the forest fires, which have been quite high since the beginning of the year, the report said. Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand and Madhya Pradesh are among the 16 states that have witnessed an increase in this aspect. By May 1 this year, as many as 4.33 lakh forest fires had been recorded, even though the season for forest fires still had another month remaining. To put this in perspective, 2016 was the hottest year on record and India’s annual temperature that year rose 0.71 degrees Celsius above normal. That year, the country witnessed 5.41 lakh forest fires, the maximum recorded in the decade. What adds to the worry is that this year, the weather has been unusually warm, and last monsoon had seen 8.7% surplus rainfall leaving the weather adequately humid for forest fires to spread. Not only that but 14 states or UTs in the country have also registered a drop in carbon retention services or carbon sequestration. Carbon sequestration refers to the long term removal or capturing of carbon from the atmosphere to control or mitigate global warming, and this is done naturally using biological, physical and chemical processes. A decline in these services means a decline in the capturing of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Keeping such services in place is important to minimise the impact of human activities on the environment.
India has lost 90 per cent of the area under its four biodiversity hotspots. The Indo-Burma hotspot is the worst hit - the extent of vegetation in the region has been reduced from 2,373,057 sq km to a mere 118,653 sq km, a loss of 95 per cent. Twenty five species have also gone extinct in these hotspots. The International Union for Conservation of Nature's (IUCN) Red List monitors 1,212 animal species in India - the IUCN says over 12 per cent of them are endangered. Of the 148 endangered species, 69 are mammals, 456 amphibians and 23 reptiles. These ominous statistics have been brought to light in an e-publication released here on World Environment Day by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE). State of India's Environment in Figures 2021, as the e-publication is titled, is an annual compendium of data and statistics on key issues of environment and development. Releasing the e-book, CSE director general Sunita Narain said: "There is drama in numbers, especially when these numbers give you a trend - are things getting better or worse. It is even more powerful when you can use the trend to understand the crisis, the challenge and the opportunity." India's forests could certainly use a better understanding of the crisis they are facing. Says Richard Mahapatra, managing editor of Down To Earth, "At a time when we are witnessing an alarming fall in the timber and non-timber forest produce services in Indian forests - implying overuse of resources - climatic cycles are combining with other factors to result in a dramatic rise in forest fire alerts. We must learn to connect the dots." The CSE report points out that 16 states - including Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Uttarakhand - have witnessed a significant rise in number of forest fire alerts. It says: "India has seen a drastic rise in forest fires since the start of 2021. As of May 1, the number of fire alerts recorded by the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) is 433,581. This is quite a jump, even though the official forest fire season of the country is from February to June. Forest fires are influenced by temperature and rainfall in the preceding monsoon. The year 2016, the hottest on record when India's annual temperature rose 0.71oC over the annual average of 25oC, saw 541,135 forest fires - the most in a decade." The report adds: "Rainfall during the 2015 monsoon was 765.8 mm, 14 per cent less than the normal 880 mm, as per the India Meteorological Department. In 2021, too, India sees unusually warm weather along with 8.7 per cent surplus rainfall last monsoon that leaves adequate humidity for fires to spread." Says Narain about the publication "in an age when the quality of data available to us is usually poor - either it is either missing, unavailable publicly or of questionable quality - a collection like this can be immensely helpful. Improving the quality of data can only happen when we use it for policy. Take the case of the ongoing pandemic. Just consider how we have suffered in this past year because we do not have sufficient or accurate data on tests, or the number of deaths, or serological surveys, or genomic sequencing of the variants. In each case, data would have been (and is) critical for policy making." She adds that "data collection is important - it is part of the art of governance - but it is equally important that entire data sets are shared and worked upon so that they can be critiqued and through this process used and improved upon." With the UN having declared the coming decade as the Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (2021-2030), India must take serious note of this CSE report and buckle up to restore the ecosystem. pic courtesy: upsccolorfullnotes.com
NEW DELHI: The National Capital Region is seeing the emergence of new pollution hotspots. An analysis for the winter season of 2020-2021 by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) found heavy deterioration in air quality in places not yet designated as hotspots. As many as 14 stations registered higher seasonal PM2.5 concentration than Delhi’s winter average. Experts say it points to the impact of local pollution sources. Central Pollution Control Board and Delhi Pollution Control Committee had earlier identified 13 hotspots in Delhi: these were Rohini, Dwarka, Okhla Phase-II, Punjabi Bagh, Anand Vihar, Vivek Vihar, Wazirpur, Jahangirpuri, RK Puram, Bawana, Mundka, Narela and Mayapuri. Six pollution hotspots were identified last winter in other NCR towns — two in Faridabad, one each in Gurugram, Bahadurgarh, Bhiwandi and Sahibabad. These areas were found to have annual average levels higher than themean value of the city. Track the pollution level in your city According to the CSE analysis, the 14 locations that are emerging as the new hotspots have registered a higher seasonal average than the mean of the recognised hotspots, that is, 197 micrograms per cubic metre. These stations also recorded mean PM2.5 concentration higher than the Delhi winter average of 186 micrograms per cubic metre. The new areas of concern are: Alipur, DTU, ITO, Nehru Nagar, Patparganj, Sonia Vihar and Vivek Vihar in Delhi; Sector 1 and 116 in Noida, Loni, Sanjay Vihar and Indirapuram in Ghaziabad; and Knowledge Park V in Greater Noida and Bulandshahr. Anumita Roy Chowdhury, executive director research and advocacy at CSE, said, “This essentially brings out that newer pollution hotspots are proliferating in the city. Both meteorological conditions as well as changing patterns of local pollution sources are contributing to this trend. This requires intense micro-planning and implementation as well as city and regionwide action at a scale and speed.” CSE stated that Nehru Nagar was the most polluted among these 14 locations, followed by DTU. Meanwhile, parts of Delhi are likely to receive rain on Monday, according to India Meteorological Department. Though the mercury is set to rise, the temperatures may again come down after a few days as the city is predicted to receive another spell of rain from June 12. On Sunday, Delhi’s Air Quality Index (AQI) was 134 in the ‘moderate’ category.
A new statistical report by the Delhi-based research organization, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has revealed that in the month of May six districts in rural India accounted for over 52 percent of deaths due to Covid-19 and 53 percent of all new cases. The report namely, State of India’s Environment In Figures 2021 apart from throwing light on the abysmal handling of the Covid-19 situation in the rural hinterlands also underscored the striking shortage of healthcare professionals in primary healthcare setups. It also stressed the need for 76 percent more doctors, 56 percent more radiographers, and 35 percent more lab technicians in order to overcome this situation. The author of the report and also the managing editor of the fortnightly magazine Down To Earth Richard Mahapatra, contended that in the second wave, India has been the worst-hit globally and rural India has been hit more badly than our urban areas. ‘In May this year, India alone accounted for more than half of the daily global cases on six days,’ Mahapatra was quoted saying. As a result of the worsening of the situation in rural India amid the second wave, government sources have revealed that they are trying to revamp the mechanism to report Covid-19 cases and mortality, specifically in rural India, India Today reported. Also Read: India Faces Indemnity Roadblock as US Readies to Ship Vaccines Globally Testing and mortality data which was earlier shared in a state-district format will now be further bifurcated into ‘rural and urban areas’ with the National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC) and Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). Deliberating on the economic impact of Covid-19, Rajit Sengupta, one of the key authors of the report revealed that the Urban unemployment rate saw an exponential growth to nearly 15 percent in May 2021 which coupled with the rapid spread of covid in rural India is indicative of a slowdown in the GDP growth next year. Public policy expert Dr. Chandrakant Lahariya attributed the grim situation faced by rural India to excess mortality whereby 3-4 deaths were reported from each village in a month as opposed to the earlier scenario of 1 death per village in two months. “There are official Covid-19 deaths and we have to remember that any number beyond that would be contested. We would not know the real number till the civil registration system is adopted or followed and we get the real number maybe a year later. There will be a census also and we will know the numbers." Dr. Chandrakant Lahariya was quoted saying.
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NEW DELHI: The National Capital Region is seeing the emergence of latest air pollution hotspots. An evaluation for the winter season of 2020-2021 by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) discovered heavy deterioration in air high quality in locations not but designated as hotspots. As many as 14 stations registered increased seasonal PM2.5 focus than Delhi’s winter common. Experts say it factors to the affect of native air pollution sources. Central Pollution Control Board and Delhi Pollution Control Committee had earlier identified 13 hotspots in Delhi: these were Rohini, Dwarka, Okhla Phase-II, Punjabi Bagh, Anand Vihar, Vivek Vihar, Wazirpur, Jahangirpuri, RK Puram, Bawana, Mundka, Narela and Mayapuri. Six pollution hotspots were identified last winter in other NCR towns — two in Faridabad, one each in Gurugram, Bahadurgarh, Bhiwandi and Sahibabad. These areas were found to have annual average levels higher than themean value of the city. Track the pollution level in your city According to the CSE analysis, the 14 locations that are emerging as the new hotspots have registered a higher seasonal average than the mean of the recognised hotspots, that is, 197 micrograms per cubic metre. These stations also recorded mean PM2.5 concentration higher than the Delhi winter average of 186 micrograms per cubic metre. The new areas of concern are: Alipur, DTU, ITO, Nehru Nagar, Patparganj, Sonia Vihar and Vivek Vihar in Delhi; Sector 1 and 116 in Noida, Loni, Sanjay Vihar and Indirapuram in Ghaziabad; and Knowledge Park V in Greater Noida and Bulandshahr. Anumita Roy Chowdhury, executive director research and advocacy at CSE, said, “This essentially brings out that newer pollution hotspots are proliferating in the city. Both meteorological conditions as well as changing patterns of local pollution sources are contributing to this trend. This requires intense micro-planning and implementation as well as city and regionwide action at a scale and speed.” CSE stated that Nehru Nagar was the most polluted among these 14 locations, followed by DTU. Meanwhile, parts of Delhi are likely to receive rain on Monday, according to India Meteorological Department. Though the mercury is set to rise, the temperatures may again come down after a few days as the city is predicted to receive another spell of rain from June 12. On Sunday, Delhi’s Air Quality Index (AQI) was 134 in the ‘moderate’ category.
The CSE also said that lockdowns improved the air quality in Delhi-NCR this year as well but not as effectively as last year due to the 2021 curbs being shorter and lesser stringent. A fresh analysis of the pollution data in and around the National Capital Region (NCR) has revealed that 14 new locations recorded higher than average deterioration in air quality in winter time. The analysis has been done by Delhi-based think tank Centre for Science and Environment (CSE). The CSE said that these 14 hot spots recorded higher concentration of air pollutants than the mean of recognised hot spots - 197 micrograms per cubic metre. These locations are Alipur, DTU, ITO, Nehru Nagar, Patparganj, Sonia Vihar and Vivek Vihar in Delhi, Sector 1 and 116 in Noida, Loni, Sanjay Vihar and Indirapuram in Ghaziabad, Knowledge Park V in Greater Noida and Bulandshahr, according to the CSE study. The think tank said this points towards impact of local pollution. The CSE also said that lockdowns improved the air quality in Delhi-NCR this year as well but not as effectively as last year due to the 2021 curbs being shorter and lesser stringent. "In 2020, partial lockdown started on March 12 with hard lockdown kicking in on March 25, which was lifted in phase-wise manner from May 18. Then the partial lockdown also brought PM2.5 levels down by 20 per cent, but the hard lockdown reduced it by another 35 per cent," the CSE said.
The lockdown imposed this 12 months on account of the second wave of Covid-19 was not as efficient in bringing down the air pollution ranges within the nationwide capital because it was final 12 months, confirmed an air high quality evaluation performed by the Delhi-based assume tank Centre for Science and Atmosphere (CSE). “Lockdowns had been efficient in bringing down PM2.5 ranges this 12 months as nicely. However given the shorter length and lesser stringent lockdown this 12 months, the degrees will not be as little as summer season 2020,” learn the evaluation by CSE. The assume tank stated that the imposition of a partial lockdown (from April 6 to April 19) lowered PM2.5 ranges by 20% in Delhi, whereas the whole lockdown (from April 20 onwards) introduced the common air pollution ranges additional down by 12%. “Meteorology could be partly liable for this elevated stage however this is also a mirrored image of weakening of air pollution management measures and efforts within the metropolis and area through the pandemic part. Site visitors depth was additionally comparatively increased,” the evaluation added. The report stated the month-to-month common stage of PM2.5 in April and Might this 12 months, which was the part when exhausting lockdown was imposed within the Capital, was increased in comparison with April-Might 2020 — a interval which was marked by a strict nationwide lockdown. It stated the night peak of the hourly cycle of NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) was 29% increased throughout this 12 months’s lockdown as in comparison with the lockdown final 12 months. Nevertheless, it was nonetheless 57% decrease than the common night peak famous in Might of 2019. “The important thing spotlight is that in spring time, January to March, when air pollution stage begins to subside after winter, PM2.5 this 12 months has recorded the best seasonal ranges in comparison with the corresponding interval in previous years, together with 2019 which was a standard 12 months,” stated Avikal Somvanshi, programme supervisor in CSE’s city lab workforce of the sustainable cities programme. “…regardless of the partial restrictions, air pollution ranges have elevated. Whereas the rationale wants investigation, it is very important perceive that there could be a rebound impact with the complete opening of the financial system,” stated Anumita Roychowdhury, government director (analysis and advocacy), CSE. The CSE evaluation additionally confirmed that there have been 27 ”very poor” days by way of air high quality this February-March in comparison with 17 final 12 months and 12 in 2019.
NEW DELHI: The Nationwide Capital Area is seeing the emergence of recent air pollution hotspots. An evaluation for the winter season of 2020-2021 by Centre for Science and Atmosphere (CSE) discovered heavy deterioration in air high quality in locations not but designated as hotspots. As many as 14 stations registered greater seasonal PM2.5 focus than Delhi’s winter common. Specialists say it factors to the impression of native air pollution sources. Central Air pollution Management Board and Delhi Air pollution Management Committee had earlier recognized 13 hotspots in Delhi: these have been Rohini, Dwarka, Okhla Section-II, Punjabi Bagh, Anand Vihar, Vivek Vihar, Wazirpur, Jahangirpuri, RK Puram, Bawana, Mundka, Narela and Mayapuri. Six air pollution hotspots have been recognized final winter in different NCR cities — two in Faridabad, one every in Gurugram, Bahadurgarh, Bhiwandi and Sahibabad. These areas have been discovered to have annual common ranges greater than themean worth of town. Observe the air pollution stage in your metropolis In line with the CSE evaluation, the 14 places which are rising as the brand new hotspots have registered the next seasonal common than the imply of the recognised hotspots, that’s, 197 micrograms per cubic metre. These stations additionally recorded imply PM2.5 focus greater than the Delhi winter common of 186 micrograms per cubic metre. The brand new areas of concern are: Alipur, DTU, ITO, Nehru Nagar, Patparganj, Sonia Vihar and Vivek Vihar in Delhi; Sector 1 and 116 in Noida, Loni, Sanjay Vihar and Indirapuram in Ghaziabad; and Data Park V in Better Noida and Bulandshahr. Anumita Roy Chowdhury, govt director analysis and advocacy at CSE, stated, “This primarily brings out that newer air pollution hotspots are proliferating within the metropolis. Each meteorological circumstances in addition to altering patterns of native air pollution sources are contributing to this pattern. This requires intense micro-planning and implementation in addition to metropolis and regionwide motion at a scale and pace.” CSE said that Nehru Nagar was essentially the most polluted amongst these 14 places, adopted by DTU. In the meantime, elements of Delhi are prone to obtain rain on Monday, in response to India Meteorological Division. Although the mercury is about to rise, the temperatures might once more come down after a number of days as town is predicted to obtain one other spell of rain from June 12. On Sunday, Delhi’s Air High quality Index (AQI) was 134 within the ‘reasonable’ class.
नई दिल्ली, 7 जून। दिल्ली-एनसीआर के प्रदूषण पर किए गए ताजा विश्लेषण में पता चला है कि 14 नए स्थानों ने सर्दियों के समय में हवा की गुणवत्ता में औसत से अधिक गिरावट दर्ज की। यह विश्लेषण दिल्ली स्थित थिंक टैंक सेंटर फॉर साइंस एंड एनवायरनमेंट (सीएसई) द्वारा किया गया है। सीएसई ने कहा कि इन 14 हॉट स्पॉट्स में अन्य ज्ञात हॉट स्पॉट की तुलना में वायु प्रदूषकों की उच्च सांद्रता अधिक दर्ज की गई- 197 माइक्रोग्राम प्रति क्यूबिक मीटर। सीएसई ने जिन हॉट-स्पॉट्स का अध्ययन किया उनमें अलीपुर, डीटीयू, आईटीओ, नेहरू नगर, पटपड़गंज, सोनिया विहार और दिल्ली में विवेक विहार, नोएडा में सेक्टर 1 और 116, गाजियाबाद में लोनी, संजय विहार और इंदिरापुरम, ग्रेटर नोएडा में नॉलेज पार्क वी और बुलंदशहर शामिल हैं। थिंक टैंक ने कहा कि यह विश्लेषण स्थानीय प्रदूषण के प्रभाव को इंगित करता है। सीएसई ने यह भी कहा कि लॉकडाउन ने इस साल भी दिल्ली-एनसीआर में हवा की गुणवत्ता में सुधार किया, हालांकि यह पिछले साल जितना प्रभावी ढंग से नहीं हुआ जबकि पिछले साल प्रतिबंध छोटे थे और कम कड़े थे। सीएसई ने कहा, 'पिछले साल 12 मार्च से आंशिक लॉकडाउन लगाने की शुरुआत हुई थी, जबकि 25 मार्च से हार्ड लॉकडाउन की शुरुआत हुई, जिसको 18 मई से चरणबद्ध तरीके से हटा लिया गया था। आंशिक लॉकडाउन के कारण भी पीएम 2.5 के स्तर में भी 20 प्रतिशत की गिरावट दर्ज हुई, वहीं, हार्ड लॉकडाउन के कारण इनमें 35 प्रतिशत की गिरावट दर्ज हुई।' सीएसई ने आगे कहा कि 18 मई से लॉकडाउन की पाबंदियां हटने से पीएम 2.5 पार्टिकल्स के स्तर में 28 प्रतिशत की वृद्धि हुई। सीएसई ने आगे कहा कि इसके लिए आंशिक तौर पर मौसम विभाग भी जिम्मेदार होगा लेकिन इसका कारण शहर और आस-पास के क्षेत्र में प्रदूषण नियंत्रण के उपायों के कमजोर होने के कारण भी हो सकता है। सीएसई ने कहा कि 2021 में यातायात की तीव्रत भी तुलनात्मक रूप से अधिक रही। सीएसई के विश्लेषण में यह भी पता चला है कि इस साल के फरवरी-मार्च में वायु गुणवत्ता के मामले में 27 दिन बहुत खराब थे, जबकि 2020 में 17 दिन और 2019 में 12 दिन ही खराब थे।
A new analysis of pollution data in and around the National Capital Region (NCR) has found that 14 new sites have recorded above-average winter air quality deterioration. The analysis was conducted by the Delhi-based think tank Center for Science and Environment (CSE). The CSE said these 14 hotspots registered a higher concentration of air pollutants than the average of the recognized hotspots – 197 micrograms per cubic meter. These locations are Alipur, DTU, ITO, Nehru Nagar, Patparganj, Sonia Vihar and Vivek Vihar in Delhi, Sector 1 and 116 in Noida, Loni, Sanjay Vihar and Indirapuram in Ghaziabad, Knowledge Park V in Greater Noida and Bulandshahr, according to the CSE -study. The think tank said this points to the impact of local pollution. The CSE also said lockdowns improved air quality in Delhi-NCR this year as well, but not as effectively as last year, as curbs will be shorter and less severe in 2021. “In 2020, the partial lockdown started on March 12 with a hard lockdown that took effect on March 25, which was gradually lifted from May 18. Then the partial lockdown also brought down PM2.5 levels by 20 percent, but the hard lockdown eased. it by another 35 percent,” according to the CSE. The lifting of restrictions from May 18 had led to a 28 percent rise in PM2.5 levels, it said. Meteorology could be partly responsible for this trend, but it could also reflect the weakening of pollution control measures and efforts in the city and the region, it said. Traffic intensity was also relatively higher in 2021, it added. The CSE analysis also found that there were 27 “very bad” days in terms of air quality in February-March, compared to 17 in 2020 and 12 in 2019. The number of days that met the air quality standard also fell to just two this spring. The year 2020 had 16 and 2019 had six days when the standard was met, it said.
इस बार प्रदूषण पर नहीं लग पाया लॉकडाउन (See the link, can't copy the text)
19 अप्रैल से लागू आंशिक लॉकडाउन की वजह से दिल्ली के प्रदूषण स्तर में 20 प्रतिशत की गिरावट आई थी, दिल्ली-एनसीआर और उसके आसपास के इलाकों में प्रदूषण के आंकड़ों के एक ताजा विश्लेषण से पता चला है कि 14 नए स्थानों में हवा की गुणवत्ता में औसत गिरावट दर्ज की गई है. यह विश्लेषण दिल्ली की थिंक टैंक सेंटर फॉर साइंस एंड एनवायरनमेंट (सीएसई) ने किया है. सीएसई ने कहा कि इन 14 हॉट स्पॉट्स में दूसरे हॉट स्पॉट की तुलना में प्रदूषण अधिक दर्ज किया गया है गई. सीएसई ने जिन हॉट-स्पॉट्स का स्टडी किया उनमें अलीपुर, डीटीयू, आईटीओ, नेहरू नगर, पटपड़गंज, सोनिया विहार और दिल्ली में विवेक विहार, नोएडा में सेक्टर 1 और 116, गाजियाबाद में लोनी, संजय विहार और इंदिरापुरम, ग्रेटर नोएडा में नॉलेज पार्क वी और बुलंदशहर शामिल हैं. सीएसई की एक स्टडी में कहा गया है कि इस साल भी लॉकडाउन के दौरान पीएम स्तर 2.5 पहुंच गया, हालांकि लॉकडाउन की अवधि भी कम थी और प्रतिबंध भी पिछली बार की तरह कम थे, इसलिए प्रदूषण स्तर 2020 की तरह कम नहीं रह पाया. पिछले साल लॉकाउन में प्रदूषण हुआ था कम बता दें कि पिछले साल मार्च में कोरोना की वजह से लगे लॉकडाउन के बाद प्रदूषण में काफी गिरावट दर्ज की गई थी. लेकिन इस बार लॉकडाउन के नियम ज्यादा सख्त नहीं थे, इसलिए कुछ खास फर्क नहीं पड़ा. 19 अप्रैल से लागू आंशिक लॉकडाउन की वजह से दिल्ली के प्रदूषण स्तर में 20 प्रतिशत की गिरावट आई थी, इसके बाद 20 अप्रैल से लगे पूर्ण लॉकडाउन के दौरान इसमें और 12 प्रतिशत की कमी आ गई. 18 मई से लॉकडाउन की पाबंदियां हटने से पीएम 2.5 पार्टिकल्स के स्तर में 28 प्रतिशत की वृद्धि हुई. सीएसई के मुताबिक इसके लिए आंशिक तौर पर मौसम विभाग भी जिम्मेदार होगा, लेकिन इसका कारण शहर और आस-पास के क्षेत्र में प्रदूषण नियंत्रण के उपायों के कमजोर होने के कारण भी हो सकता है.सीएसई के विश्लेषण में यह भी पता चला है कि इस साल के फरवरी-मार्च में वायु गुणवत्ता के मामले में 27 दिन बहुत खराब थे, जबकि 2020 में 17 दिन और 2019 में 12 दिन ही खराब थे.
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