Delhi can't breathe. Delhi air quality index has rised to 494(Severe).
The primary cause of rising of pollution in delhi is burning of sttuble (the stalks of the crops after they are harvested).
A few other factors causing pollution in Delhi are-
Exhausts from factories.
Emissions from Delhi’s large fleet of cars.
Burning of wood(using wood as fuel for cooking).
Delhi is in pollution’s ever tightening chokehold, causing catastrophic health harms. India ranks as the second most populated country in the world, and the first in air pollution. Of the World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) top 10 most polluted cities, all but one (Bamenda, Cameroon) are in India. Consider the sheer number of people breathing toxic air.
The actions taken in Delhi were reactive antipollution measures that do not protect the poorest and do not enact structural change. This focus on treatment over cures and cures over prevention, while necessary during a period of emergency, is shortsighted: With air pollution in Delhi reaching new peaks, solutions must include unconventional and unpopular measures that tackle short- and long-term causes and benefit all residents of the city. Bold governments, a unified center-state front, and an independent, truly empowered agency focused on long-term measures—all are required to respond to a public health emergency.
