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Worlds most Polluted cities.
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I live in Delhi and it has changed radically over the last 5 years. It has taken the challenge of keeping the environment clean with a vigour. All the buses, taxi's and auto's now run on CNG in Delhi and the Delhi Metro has changed travel here dramatically. This report represents old data.
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Please check all the links and the date given in these links. Their authentication is .........sorry to say.... Way more than what you think.
Thank you.
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I believe the data on which the report is based is old?
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Here is some interesting news..
Delhi has been adjusted the World's Greenest Capital City...
The Hindu : New Delhi News : Sheila completes nine ‘extremely exciting’ years
Delhi has been adjusted the World's Greenest Capital City...
The Hindu : New Delhi News : Sheila completes nine ‘extremely exciting’ years
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Malang,
If it helps people to find happiness in decrying some other, then let it be so.
Spread love and happiness.
Especially when it does not hurt anyone, let alone Delhi.
Tomorrow, someone will say that India is a jungle with elephants on the road.
Fair enough!
That is the state of education of the one who does not know a sausage.
Does it matter?
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words cannot harm me!
Salim,
Pardon my interruption, but you are beginning to sound like some who constantly question the "interference of Indians" in Pakistan's affairs.
Need I point out how many threads highlighting negative issues in Pakistan (and they should be highlighted and discussed) have been opened on this forum by Indians?
The tone of the thread starter was civil, and the questions posed and concerns aired legitimate and the subject of discourse the world over - how to have sustainable growth and not at the expense of the environment. There is no "partying at the perceived misfortune of others".
Some quid pro quo please.
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Salim,
Pardon my interruption, but you are beginning to sound like some who constantly question the "interference of Indians" in Pakistan's affairs.
Need I point out how many threads highlighting negative issues in Pakistan (and they should be highlighted and discussed) have been opened on this forum by Indians?
The tone of the thread starter was civil, and the questions posed and concerns aired legitimate and the subject of discourse the world over - how to have sustainable growth and not at the expense of the environment. There is no "partying at the perceived misfortune of others".
Some quid pro quo please.
sir just to let you know I am not an Indian but I am living in Delhi.. I am a thai citizen though which will go soon if all goes well...
and all of My grandparents were from undivided India or Britsh India or India prior to 1947..
Thank you.. I just stuck up for a city that I like and I feel is being falsely portrayed.. I am sorry if I have offended you or any other person... have a happy new year ahead..
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Sir,
My remark was not at all directed at your defense of Delhi - thats what anyone disagreeing with the premise of the thread would be expected to do - but what Salim was implying in his post. The idea is to have respectful discourse over different issues in this forum, and that cannot happen if Pakistanis are constantly accusing Indians of dredging up non-issues and vice versa. If the threads are based on credible sources, and seek to engage posters on legitimate issues in a respectful manner, it shouldn't matter who starts them.
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Ironical !
Related Links:
TIMES
WHO | The urban environment
UN-HABITAT: GUO
EarthTrends: Feature - Health, Environment, and Poverty
EarthTrends: Searchable Database - Population, Health and Human Well-being
If some are not able to believe on facts given from these authentic sources then i can only feel sorry for them for being dum b and blind.
Go live in these cities Sukinda and Vapi, India.
Related Links:
TIMES
WHO | The urban environment
UN-HABITAT: GUO
EarthTrends: Feature - Health, Environment, and Poverty
EarthTrends: Searchable Database - Population, Health and Human Well-being
If some are not able to believe on facts given from these authentic sources then i can only feel sorry for them for being dum b and blind.
Go live in these cities Sukinda and Vapi, India.
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Would only say one thing Malang!
Related Links:
TIMES
WHO | The urban environment
UN-HABITAT: GUO
EarthTrends: Feature - Health, Environment, and Poverty
EarthTrends: Searchable Database - Population, Health and Human Well-being
If some are not able to believe on facts given from these authentic sources then i can only feel sorry for them for being dum b and blind.
Indian cities Sukinda and Vapi, are ranked 3rd and 4th as the most polluted due to the reasons mentioned in last posts. Kindly review all of them.
These posts are not in anyway targeting India but is based on WHO facts.
I am surprised that Karachi is nowhere on this list (Not that I would like any Pakistani city to be on this list). CNG has been in use in Pakistan for such a long time that maybe this conversion has helped...although I could swear that some of the areas in Karachi are a death trap in terms of pollution in the air. The same goes for certain areas of Lahore.
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lol! This comes as no surprise according to the stories of seasoned travellers. Some of them have had serious cases of diseases and other things happening to them while in unhygienic places like Delhi.
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But 'em foolish tourists don't stop coming to Delhi and India. The foolish foreign governments are not issuing any travel advisories.
They are doing it for some of the most environmentally friendly cities in our neighbourhood. The cricket teams don't mind playing in the most polluted city as per the 6.5 years old data, but refuse to play in the cleanest cities around.
What a travesty!
They are doing it for some of the most environmentally friendly cities in our neighbourhood. The cricket teams don't mind playing in the most polluted city as per the 6.5 years old data, but refuse to play in the cleanest cities around.
What a travesty!
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New Delhi Now More Polluted Than Beijing
November 21, 2011
India has recently pulled far ahead of China on one dubious development marker air pollution in the countrys capital.
The air quality in New Delhi on Monday afternoon was significantly worse than the air quality in Beijing, according to real-time air monitors run by the Indian and U.S. governments in both cities.
New Delhi, a landlocked, fast-growing metropolis of more than 16 million people, is regularly shrouded by haze and smog (sometimes euphemistically referred to as fog) in winter months, as barometric pressure and cooler air mix with construction dust, smoke from cow dung fires and car exhaust, which then hover over the city for days.
But this year, the air quality in New Delhi has seemed noticeably worse than previous years as the summer heat dissipates. On Monday, a thick gray haze hung over Delhis taller buildings, and a visible film formed quickly on stationary objects, leaving a chemical taste and grime on the skin.
The air feels thick because it is heavy with debris and pollution.
According to a Web site (use the Air Quality online link) run by the government of Indias Ministry of Earth Sciences that takes air quality samples hourly from several spots around New Delhi, Air Quality Index, or A.Q.I. measures for the tiniest measures of particulates, known as PM 2.5, were well above 300 on Monday afternoon, a level judged to be very poor in India and hazardous in other countries.
These particulates, so named because they are 2.5 microns or smaller, are especially dangerous because they can travel deep into the lungs, causing serious respiratory problems. They can be caused by car exhaust, burning coal and chemical plants.
Cooling temperatures are trapping air pollution created by a rising number of cars, which is being supplemented by dusty winds from the northwest, said G. Beig, the program director of the air monitoring program at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology.
The A.Q.I. is an index used to measure various different pollutants which ranges from 0 to 500, with 500 being the highest level of pollution. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency classifies an overall A.Q.I. over 201 as very unhealthy and any A.Q.I. over 301 as hazardous. A.Q.I. levels over 301 would trigger health warnings of emergency conditions, the E.P.A. says, with the entire population likely to be affected.
When related specifically to particulate pollution, the EPA considers any AQI figure over 151 unhealthy, and over 201 as very unhealthy, and cautions older people and children should stay indoors, and everyone should avoid heavy exertion.
The A.Q.I. for PM 2.5 at the India Meteorological Departments headquarters in central Delhi was 320 on Monday afternoon, the Indian Web site said, and the A.Q.I. at the National Center for Medium Range Weather Forecasting in Noida, a Delhi suburb, was 380.
In Beijing, in contrast, the A.Q.I. for these small particulates on Monday was below 200 for much of the day, according to a Twitter feed run by the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, which measures air hourly.
A database recently published by the World Health Organization also shows New Delhi with higher pollution levels than Beijing, but that database relies on official government figures. Beijings government has been criticized for down-playing the citys pollution problems, and recently began tours of its air monitoring facilities.
Delhis Pollution Control Board did not immediately respond to calls for comment Monday afternoon.
New York Times
November 21, 2011
India has recently pulled far ahead of China on one dubious development marker air pollution in the countrys capital.
The air quality in New Delhi on Monday afternoon was significantly worse than the air quality in Beijing, according to real-time air monitors run by the Indian and U.S. governments in both cities.
New Delhi, a landlocked, fast-growing metropolis of more than 16 million people, is regularly shrouded by haze and smog (sometimes euphemistically referred to as fog) in winter months, as barometric pressure and cooler air mix with construction dust, smoke from cow dung fires and car exhaust, which then hover over the city for days.
But this year, the air quality in New Delhi has seemed noticeably worse than previous years as the summer heat dissipates. On Monday, a thick gray haze hung over Delhis taller buildings, and a visible film formed quickly on stationary objects, leaving a chemical taste and grime on the skin.
The air feels thick because it is heavy with debris and pollution.
According to a Web site (use the Air Quality online link) run by the government of Indias Ministry of Earth Sciences that takes air quality samples hourly from several spots around New Delhi, Air Quality Index, or A.Q.I. measures for the tiniest measures of particulates, known as PM 2.5, were well above 300 on Monday afternoon, a level judged to be very poor in India and hazardous in other countries.
These particulates, so named because they are 2.5 microns or smaller, are especially dangerous because they can travel deep into the lungs, causing serious respiratory problems. They can be caused by car exhaust, burning coal and chemical plants.
Cooling temperatures are trapping air pollution created by a rising number of cars, which is being supplemented by dusty winds from the northwest, said G. Beig, the program director of the air monitoring program at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology.
The A.Q.I. is an index used to measure various different pollutants which ranges from 0 to 500, with 500 being the highest level of pollution. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency classifies an overall A.Q.I. over 201 as very unhealthy and any A.Q.I. over 301 as hazardous. A.Q.I. levels over 301 would trigger health warnings of emergency conditions, the E.P.A. says, with the entire population likely to be affected.
When related specifically to particulate pollution, the EPA considers any AQI figure over 151 unhealthy, and over 201 as very unhealthy, and cautions older people and children should stay indoors, and everyone should avoid heavy exertion.
The A.Q.I. for PM 2.5 at the India Meteorological Departments headquarters in central Delhi was 320 on Monday afternoon, the Indian Web site said, and the A.Q.I. at the National Center for Medium Range Weather Forecasting in Noida, a Delhi suburb, was 380.
In Beijing, in contrast, the A.Q.I. for these small particulates on Monday was below 200 for much of the day, according to a Twitter feed run by the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, which measures air hourly.
A database recently published by the World Health Organization also shows New Delhi with higher pollution levels than Beijing, but that database relies on official government figures. Beijings government has been criticized for down-playing the citys pollution problems, and recently began tours of its air monitoring facilities.
Delhis Pollution Control Board did not immediately respond to calls for comment Monday afternoon.
New York Times
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