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Delhi climate lockdown11/7/2023 Just amazing! □□ /WmWZYQ68lC- Manjit Kaur Kang April 3, 2020 For the first time in almost 30 years could clearly see the Himalayas due to India’s lockdown clearing air pollution. ![]() This was the view from our rooftop at home in Punjab India. India is home to 21 of the 30 worst polluted urban areas in the world, according to data compiled in IQAir AirVisual’s 2019 World Air Quality Report, with six in the top ten. The period has therefore marked an unintended but welcome breath of fresh air for the country’s crowded and polluted cities. Meanwhile the air quality in Jalandhar, which sits more than 100 miles from the Himalayas, has been measured as “good” on the country’s national index for 16 of the 17 days since the nationwide lockdown was announced.īy contrast, the same 17-day period last year failed to register a single day of “good” air quality – and in the first 17 days of March this year, only three days saw “good” air quality. The report said that, in total, 85 cities across India saw less air pollution in the first week of the nationwide lockdown. The world's largest coronavirus lockdown is having a dramatic impact on pollution in India The PM10 standard measures airborne particulates 10 micrometers or smaller in diameter. The phenomenon is made possible by a dramatic improvement in air quality in recent weeks, after industries shut down, cars came off the road and airlines canceled flights in response to the coronavirus pandemic.ĭelhi saw up to a 44% reduction in PM10 air pollution levels on the first day of its restrictions, India’s Central Pollution Control Board found. #Lockdown21 #MotherNature #Global healing. ![]() This is Dhauladhar mountain range of Himachal, visible after 30 yrs, from Jalandhar (Punjab) after pollution drops to its lowest level. What nature really is and how we screwed it up. “For the first time in almost 30 years (I) could clearly see the Himalayas due to India’s lockdown clearing air pollution. Indians in the city of Jalandhar and the surrounding area have posted photos online of the views from their homes, with some saying they haven’t seen the peaks of the Himalayas for decades. People in the northern Indian state of Punjab are reacting with awe at the sight of the Himalayan mountain range, which is now visible from more than 100 miles away due to the reduction in air pollution caused by the country’s coronavirus lockdown.
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