New Delhi Air is ten times worse the Beijing and United has cancelled flights

[onebyone]

Citing toxic smog that one official said has turned India’s capital city into a “gas chamber,” United Airlines has canceled flights to New Delhi until the air gets better.

New Delhi’s air quality is consistently ranked among the world’s worst. But a perfect storm of problems is exacerbating the problem to potentially deadly levels. Farmers who have recently harvested crops in neighboring states are illegally burning their fields, sending smoke into the air. Construction projects and pollution from vehicles in a city that lacks adequate public transportation are making things worse.

This week, the smog was 10 times worse than reigning pollution champion Beijing, where air-quality problems have reached Olympic proportions. Some parts of New Delhi have pollution 40 times the World Health Organization-recommended safe level.
People huddled indoors with expensive air purifiers, indoor plants and closed windows.

But doctors say it won’t be enough to prevent some deaths in the city of 20 million people. Children are the most vulnerable.

The air is equivalent to smoking 50 cigarettes per day or over 2 packs a day.

The air quality index – on which anything over 100 is considered unhealthy – hit the severe level of 451 – and in parts of the city some monitors even recorded levels off the scale – over 999.

On an annual average there are cities in Iran and India that are worse than Delhi.

Key trends from 2008-2013:

* Global urban air pollution levels increased by 8%, despite improvements in some regions.
* In general, urban air pollution levels were lowest in high-income countries, with lower levels most prevalent in Europe, the Americas, and the Western Pacific Region. The highest urban air pollution levels were experienced in low-and middle-income countries in WHO’s Eastern Mediterranean and South-East Asia Regions, with annual mean levels often exceeding 5-10 times WHO limits, followed by low-income cities in the Western Pacific Region.

https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2017/...beijing-and-united-has-cancelled-flights.html

 

[Kyle Sun]

They can put up with their mawkish mother river, suck air pollution is just a piece of cake.

 

[Beast]

Welcome to India for these important foreign delegates.

Citing toxic smog that one official said has turned India’s capital city into a “gas chamber,” United Airlines has canceled flights to New Delhi until the air gets better.

New Delhi’s air quality is consistently ranked among the world’s worst. But a perfect storm of problems is exacerbating the problem to potentially deadly levels. Farmers who have recently harvested crops in neighboring states are illegally burning their fields, sending smoke into the air. Construction projects and pollution from vehicles in a city that lacks adequate public transportation are making things worse.

This week, the smog was 10 times worse than reigning pollution champion Beijing, where air-quality problems have reached Olympic proportions. Some parts of New Delhi have pollution 40 times the World Health Organization-recommended safe level.
People huddled indoors with expensive air purifiers, indoor plants and closed windows.

But doctors say it won’t be enough to prevent some deaths in the city of 20 million people. Children are the most vulnerable.

The air is equivalent to smoking 50 cigarettes per day or over 2 packs a day.

The air quality index – on which anything over 100 is considered unhealthy – hit the severe level of 451 – and in parts of the city some monitors even recorded levels off the scale – over 999.

On an annual average there are cities in Iran and India that are worse than Delhi.

Key trends from 2008-2013:

* Global urban air pollution levels increased by 8%, despite improvements in some regions.
* In general, urban air pollution levels were lowest in high-income countries, with lower levels most prevalent in Europe, the Americas, and the Western Pacific Region. The highest urban air pollution levels were experienced in low-and middle-income countries in WHO’s Eastern Mediterranean and South-East Asia Regions, with annual mean levels often exceeding 5-10 times WHO limits, followed by low-income cities in the Western Pacific Region.

https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2017/...beijing-and-united-has-cancelled-flights.html

Even this article uses very old data of 2008-2013 which never reflect the seriousness of current India pollution problem. They are already somebody claiming India is now gas chamber.

 

[Beast]

Hmmm...

They don’t care, they are doing Indo pacific cooperation right now.

They are thinking about trolling China but forget what’s going on in shlthole India which is more hunger than north Korea and poorer than sub Saharan Africa.

Just like an attention whore

Its more of Karma strike back

 

[powastick]

"Fog" they say. Nothing human can fix.

 

[TaiShang]

It is wonderful how they can have so much air pollution without much credible heavy industry.

 

[GS Zhou]

It is wonderful how they can have so much air pollution without much credible heavy industry.

that's indeed the most "amazing" point of the whole story.

Incredible India! Now I start to know what it means!

 

[Beast]

Chinese talking about air pollution anywhere else is similar to a blind man laughing about the bad scenery from his neighbor's balcony

You mean the Indian, right? You shall change your flag to Indian. Fake poster.

@waz please check this poster. Might be an indian in disguise.

No Pakistanis will laugh at Chinese since we know Pakistan are now suffering a pollution level similar to Indians. Talking about Chinese is like slapping your own face.

China pollution level has dropped dramatically and laud by many nations for setting example how to tackle pollution.

 

[Imran Khan]

This issue is serious now man

 

[TaiShang]

that's indeed the most "amazing" point of the whole story.

Incredible India! Now I start to know what it means!

I wonder they will ever have the political will and financial and technological capabilities to clean up. Given that India is still in the early development stage, curbing the already lackluster industries would result in massive unemployment and (if technology upgrades are enforced) closures.

Such a clean up would also rely on foreign technology and equipment (as India does not manufacture much high technology), which would mean they cannot use the wonderful PPP money. Extra stress on the government/private industries' budget.

Besides, judging by the efficiency standards of Indian government, the efforts themselves would generate more problems than solving target problems.

 

[+4vsgorillas-Apebane]

I wonder they will ever have the political will and financial and technological capabilities to clean up. Given that India is still in the early development stage, curbing the already lackluster industries would result in massive unemployment and (if technology upgrades are enforced) closures.

Such a clean up would also rely on foreign technology and equipment (as India does not manufacture much high technology), which would mean they cannot use the wonderful PPP money. Extra stress on the government/private industries' budget.

Besides, judging by the efficiency standards of Indian government, the efforts themselves would generate more problems than solving.

Some parts of India is more progressive and better run. They can always secede to get away from the unfolding humanitarian and ecological time bomb.

There is no hope or solutions to the challenges you pointed out. They cannot climb the ladder because they cannot compete with the gaggle of countries in S.E.A and even Africa for low end manufacturing.

The only solution is a revolution with an Indian Mao overthrowing the current inept and corrupt government or to GTFO of India.

 

[21stCentury]

India cities form the majority of the worlds most pulluted cities, its capital New Delhi is the worlds most pulluted dirtiest city. How did India achieve such spectacular degration of its enviroment when its not even industrialized? Imagine what would happen if they started to fully industrialize.. scary

 

[+4vsgorillas-Apebane]

India cities form the majority of the worlds most pulluted cities, its capital New Delhi is the worlds most pulluted dirtiest city. How did India achieve such spectacular degration of its enviroment when its not even industrialized? Imagine what would happen if they started to fully industrialize.. scary

It will be something out of Science fiction.

Apocalyptic Dystopia.

 

[TaiShang]

Some parts of India is more progressive and better run. They can always secede to get away from the unfolding humanitarian and ecological time bomb.

There is no hope or solutions to the challenges you pointed out. They cannot climb the ladder because they cannot compete with the gaggle of countries in S.E.A and even Africa for low end manufacturing.

The only solution is a revolution with an Indian Mao overthrowing the current inept and corrupt government or to GTFO of India.

I do not except them to have a revolutionary correction.

It will most likely be a one continuous sorry state of existence.

But, as you have pointed out, if there are more progressive enclaves with a vision, hard work, and efficiency to manage public governance, then, they may eventually seek secession.

 

[Beast]

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