Despite being a war zone, Gaza Air Quality Index is 80 while Delhi’s 450

Air pollution is a public health problem for all, and this problem is increasing not only in India but all over the world. A minor example of this is the pollution level of Delhi, which has now increased even compared to Gaza. There is a fierce war going on in Gaza in which explosions are taking place but still, the air quality level is 80, but in Delhi even though the Diwali bomb did not explode the air quality level here is beyond 400.

Delhiites are grappling with deteriorating air quality as smog blanketed the city for the fifth consecutive day on Saturday. Even though pollution levels in the national capital dropped slightly to 470 on Saturday from 475 on Friday, the concentration of PM 2.5 was 8 times more than the WHO’s guidelines for healthy air.

The people of Delhi are facing a lot of health problems due to increasing pollution. People of Delhi say that it is difficult to even stand outside in the open air. Doctors expressed concern about the increasing number of respiratory and eye diseases among children and the elderly. Such an increase in the air pollution levels of Delhi is pointing towards government mismanagement. The government needs to take tough action against air pollution, not just in Delhi, but across the country.

Earlier in the day, AQI 453 was recorded at Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range and Shadipur in Delhi. Anand Vihar recorded 448, Wazirpur 442, Punjabi Bagh 435, Bawana 434, Okhla 432, and RK 431. According to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Puram. CPCB said that AQI 377 was recorded in Ghaziabad. It was 490 in Greater Noida, 449 in Faridabad, and 392 in Gurugram.

People are dying in Gaza because there is a war going on there. Hamas is responsible for this war which had carried out the terrorist attack. But there is no war going on in Delhi nor any Diwali festival, but a bomb definitely explodes which is the bomb of pollution. And the people of Delhi are forced to breathe poisonous air. Doctors believe that due to the kind of pollution in Delhi, poison is slowly dissolving in people’s breath. The way poison dissolves in people’s breath, it can be fatal for their long life.

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