Even 5 days after Diwali, the Delhi and NCR’s Air Quality Index (AQI) continues to remain in a severe category, due to which people in many areas have witnessed breathlessness and itchy eyes. Currently, Ghaziabad is one of the most polluted city in the region with AQI at 500, followed by Noida at 409, New Delhi at 411 and Lucknow with AQI at 428,

As people in Delhi-NCR on Wednesday woke up to a hazy morning, memes about #DelhiAirQuality and #DelhiPollution started trending on Twitter. Weather experts said, breathing in such pollution is as same as smoking multiple cigarettes a day.

Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi shared a funny meme on his official Twitter handle, criticizing central government for not handling the situation properly.

Check these funny memes on Delhi-NCR air quality

The Delhi CM, Arvind Kejriwal, on Tuesday shared the data of Delhi’s air quality on his official Twitter handle where he wrote, on November 9, AQI 404 (401 to 500 —Severe), PM10 – 414 (351 to 430 — Very Poor) PM2.5 – 265 (Above 250 — Severe).

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 Reports said, the AQI in Delhi-NCR likely to remain the same for some upcoming days, also people can might witness a thick layer of smog in the region. Meanwhile, An AQI between zero and 50 is considered “good”, 51 and 100 “satisfactory”, 101 and 200 “moderate”, 201 and 300 “poor”, 301 and 400 “very poor”, and 401 and 500 “severe”.

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Seven of the top 10 most polluted cities in the world are in India, according to a new study showing South Asia’s battle with deteriorating air quality and the economic toll it’s expected to take worldwide.

India’s national capital region (NCR) emerged as the most polluted region in the world in 2018, a new pollution report says, with Gurugram, Ghaziabad, Faridabad, Noida, and Bhiwadi in the top six worst-affected cities.

Worryingly, air pollution is likely to cause the death of an estimated seven million lives globally in the next year while costing the world’s economy nearly $ 225 billion, said the report which was released Tuesday morning in Jakarta.

Delhi is ranked 11th in the list; the only non-Indian city in the top five is Pakistan’s Faisalabad.

India, the world’s fastest-growing major economy, makes up 22 of the top 30 most polluted cities, with five in China, two in Pakistan and one in Bangladesh. India racks up health-care costs and productivity losses from pollution of as much as 8.5 percent of gross domestic product, according to the World Bank.

Beijing, once considered the most polluted city in the world, has shown remarkable improvement in air quality and ranked 122nd in the list last year, the report compiled and analysed by IQ AirVisual, a software company that tracks pollution worldwide, and Greenpeace, an environmental NGO found.

“China’s skies remain gray but progress is impressive,” the report said.

“Average concentrations in the cities in China fell by 12% from 2017 to 2018. Beijing ranks now as the 122nd most polluted city in the world, according to the AirVisual dataset, with PM2.5 levels falling more than 40% since 2013. If Beijing’s PM2.5 concentration had stayed at 2013 level, the city would rank as the 21st on the list in 2018,” it added.

There are only two Chinese cities now in the top 20 most polluted, Hotan and Kashgar, both in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) in northwest China.

These are lessons that India can learn from China, experts involved with the report said.

“The National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) recently launched by Ministry of Environment and Forest in India seems to be improving on the data availability and transparency among other things which is another key aspect which helped Beijing fight the battle to reduce air pollution levels,” said Sunil Dahiya, senior campaigner, Climate & Energy, Greenpeace India.

“Set specific targets for pollution reduction rather than given a wide window for specific cities. Make the pollution reduction targets legally binding on the polluters and authorities, So that compliance can be achieved in aggressive and efficient ways,” Dahiya added.

India should also set pollution/emission reduction targets and consumption caps on polluting fuels such as coal, diesel in polluted geographies aiming at emission load reduction, Dahiya added.

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