Delhi's smog and Punjab's stubble burning make all the news. However cities like Bengaluru, Chennai and Kochi are not far off, and urgent steps are needed for pollution in South India.
It started with one innocuous cough in the middle of the night, waking me up, and for a moment, I was unable to breathe. I clutched onto anything I could lay my hands on as my lungs squeezed the life out of me.
What does groundwater have to do with stubble burning in Punjab? As it turns out, a lot. Which is why we need solutions that help farmers. #DelhiAirEmergency #DelhiSmog
Delhi’s toxic air pollution is a major public health emergency, so why isn't more being done? Here are some steps experts have suggested to make the city's air breathable again. #DelhiSmog #DelhiAirEmergency #RightToBreathe
Kurin Systems has designed a 40-feet-tall purifier christened ‘City Cleaner’, which claims to provide clean air to 75,000 people living in the 3-km radius around it.
“The most basic fact which causes crop stubble burning, especially paddy straw, is the unavailability of its market. Unlike other agro-residues like wheat straw and bagasse, paddy straw is not used as an industrial raw material or even cattle feed.”
There are enough existing solutions to alleviate the air pollution. However, there is a need to have political and administrative will to implement them.