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Like every year, this year also in the capital of the country, Delhi pollution (Pollution) problem has remained as it is. Schools and colleges have been closed due to worsening conditions. Construction activities have been banned. Delhi has been transformed into a gas chamber. It is believed that stubble burning worsens the condition of the capital. For this, the state governments have also taken action in the last few years and its benefits are also being seen, but despite this, the pollution has not reduced.
This year too, farmers have burnt straw on a large scale, the capital city of Delhi is having to bear the consequences. Stubble burning incidents reached 1,921 on Wednesday, the highest in the current season. This is 28 per cent more than the 1,389 incidents of stubble burning at different places a day earlier. In terms of stubble burning, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann’s district Sangrur is at the forefront, where stubble was burnt at 221 places on October 31. However, if we largely straw If we look at the burning incidents, they are less than last year.
Less stubble burnt in Punjab, Haryana, UP
According to reports, an average of 2,500 to 3,500 incidents occurred every day from November 2 to 12 last year, with Punjab recording 3,916 incidents on November 11 and 3,634 incidents on November 2. According to satellite imagery, 9,594 incidents have occurred in Punjab, 1296 in Haryana and 1029 in Uttar Pradesh from September 15 to November 1 this year. During the same period last year, 17,846 incidents were reported in Punjab, 2083 in Haryana and 777 in Uttar Pradesh.
Pollution level increased in Delhi due to stubble burning
The Decision Support System, which works under the Union Geology Ministry, believes that stubble burning in neighboring states contributed 22.4 per cent to the rise in PM 2.5 levels in Delhi on Thursday, compared to 21 per cent on Friday. Thus, there has been a reduction in the incidence of stubble burning in the month of October. The Air Quality Commission says that there has been a 53 percent reduction in stubble burning incidents from September 15 to October 25 compared to last year.
Delhi will not get relief from pollution for the next two days
The Air Quality Early Warning System in Delhi has said in one of its bulletins that the situation may worsen in the capital in the coming days. The pollution level in Delhi will remain in the very bad category for at least the next two days. It is difficult for Delhi to get rid of this serious problem of pollution this whole week.
Diwali fireworks and Delhi’s problem
According to estimates, the level of pollution in the capital is in the severe category on Thursday. This is when the Diwali fireworks are still on. There is a ban on firecrackers in the capital, but Delhi is not untouched by firecrackers in neighboring states. For example, on this occasion the level of pollution in the capital reaches the severe to very severe category, due to which even a healthy person falls ill. Now have to see that the capital Gas chamber How much support do Delhi and neighboring state governments give during Diwali to prevent it from happening?
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