Lesson for everyone from Delhi
Lesson for everyone from Delhi’s AQI! The capital city of our country is in the helm of severe air pollution for the past couple of days. In recent years, Delhi’s winter season has been the most vulnerable to bear with rising Particulate Matters (especially PM 2.5 and PM10). The governments of central and the National Capital Region takes numerous measures to mitigate the rising pollution levels. Even the supreme court have stepped in and given directions for the government to act. It is alarming to note that the parameters of Air Quality Index were 26 times more than the World Health Organisation's permitted level. What is PM? How severe it is? Particulate Matters are literally known to be the mixture of dust particles and moisture present in the air. Dust particles emitted from the various construction sites, vehicules, burning of wood and agricultural products and others. These particles vary in size. In the abbreviation PM 2.5, 2.5 denotes the diameter of the particle w...