today we will discuss delhi air pollution, its causes and some solutions.
We will also look at some amazing leftist solutions offered by Dhruv rathee. Welcome to The Sham sharma show.
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As we all know, Delhi and entire north India’s air quality is really bad right now and has been for a while now.
The Air Quality Index or AQI, which measures air quality has been at and around the severe category at around 500 mark. Anything above 500 is considered emergency category
so clearly things and not good
So something needs to be done because this has the potential to turn into a full blown health crisis that will affect millions and millions of people.
Now to do something, we first need to figure out what factors are causing this level of air pollution in Delhi and North India in general.
Now, Dhruv rathee has also made a video on this issue, where he has explained the issue and offered some solution.
SOme of his solutions are good and some of them are completely silly and secular so we will talk about it in the second half of the video, so make sure to stick around for that
So the first and biggest reason is
Diwali
So bursting crackers on one day of the year is more harmful than all other sources of pollution
Of course, on top of that it is a vile hindutva practice that has no place in a secular country like India.
Ok will you stick around while I read other causes.
Sure whatever, you know the real reason, the others are just lies
Fine, let's look at them anyway
director general of Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) said, Vehicles: Delhi has over 10.3 million registered vehicles in the city, which are responsible for 41% of the total pollution load on the capital
. The number of vehicles has grown four fold in last two decades
The transport sector is also the main source for PM2.5 emissions
PM 2.5, the small particles that are absorbed in the bloodstream and contribute to the seven million deaths across the world each year
With as many as 3,182 industries located across the Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR), industrial pollution adds about 18.6% to the bad air quality.
Construction sites are a significant contributor to PM 2.5,
There are hardly any regulations followed in construction activities, so companies pollute freely
Brick Kilns: Outskirts of NCT have roughly 360 brick kilns majorly scattered in Jhajjar, Faridabad and Ghaziabad region.
Since, their peak business month starts from December to June, the emissions from these brick kiln also rise during the winter months.
Stubble Burning: air quality in the capital worsens after stubble burning begins in the neighbouring northern states October onwards
Delhi suffers from a major geographical disadvantage which enables transportation of pollutants towards it and facilitates its accumulation.
The wind drops post the retreat of monsoon, and changes direction soon after, so whatever pollutants enters its boundary, it remains trapped
Tamil Nadu boasts of multiple coal-fired power plants and Chennai has the third highest number of automobiles in India, next only to Delhi-NCR and Bengaluru.
But, Being a coastal city, the wind carries the air pollutants away from it.
the pollution remains stuck in delhi
Now tell me Mr. secular do you have any problems with these causes?
looks like he took off.
let's look at solutions
Now Rathee ji offered a solution. Some are good and some are perfect leftist/secular solutions
Banning crackers? Really? That is a good solution? Banning has never been a good solution. Have we learnt nothing from the prohibition/war on drugs in America? Banning anything outright won’t work.
In the USA,banning alcohol/drugs led to organized crime, increased criminal activity corruption, dangerous unregulated products, loss of taxes, increase in usage of the things that is banned, its human nature.
So banning anything outright will not solve the problem, it only makes it worse. In India we love banning. Ban e-cigarettes, Bihar banned alcohol. This will never have long term positive effects.
Waah sirji
when it coms to pollution, then lets not focus on Hindu Muslim issues
But when it came to India’s law and order issues and police reform, then why did you keep focusing on Hindu Muslim issues, then they keep saying, its Hindu’s fault, its BJP’s fault.
They keep exposing themselves
Let's look at some solutions now
Greener cars: because transport sector has such a high proportion of the blame, we need to look at that.
and meeting a goal for 25% of private vehicles to be electric by 2023.Thi is a good plan
Construction material at the site and on the vehicles that carry them should be properly covered. Keeping the ground at construction sites wet to let the dust settle and inhibit it from spreading
In countries like Hong Kong, a netted mesh across the construction area can often be seen, this would reduce the amount of material, which is blown into the air.
The government needs to ensure that real estate agencies are following these procedures when constructing buildings. So that these materials can be disposed of in a safe way.
India’s state-run power producer, the NTPC National Thermal Power Corporation Limited,, announced plans in October to start burning agricultural residue along with coal at its power plants near Delhi and eventually across the country
This cofiring should provide double benefits by avoiding the particulate pollution from directly burning crop waste and cutting power-plant emissions, since agricultural residue can burn cleaner.
There also investing money to create a solar Park which is a good idea
It is projected that Delhi could be the world’s most populous urban agglomeration by 2028 with a population of 37.2 million. The future policy should be to control the growth of population in NCR cities
which can be achieved by developing villages, small and medium towns in the region.
developing major urban centers in other states so the pressure on Delhi can be lifted
ecent analysis of relative costs shows replacing coal-fired with zero-emissions renewable generation is much cheaper than thought
people can undertake simple measures like, car pooling, take public transportation,inverters over diesel generators, using fuel efficient vehicles,
these are solutions that can help with this problem
i have linked some studies down below in the description
What do you think? What are some of the best solutions for air quality issues in North India?
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