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We have to decide whether we want pure air or impure !

 

- Dr (Ms) Sharad Singh

Writer, Author & Social Activist

Blogger - "Climate Diary Of Dr (Ms) Sharad Singh"

 

The Corona pandemic has given us many lessons but it is difficult to say how much we learned from them. During the last lockdown, when life came to a standstill, air pollution had also reached its lowest level. This proved that we citizens have the biggest hand in increasing air pollution. So do we need epidemics to reduce air pollution? Time has come for us to decide whether we want pure air or impure air?

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a nationwide lockdown was imposed in India initially for three weeks from 24th March to 14th April 2020 and extended up to 3rd May 2020. Due to the forced restrictions, pollution levels in cities across the country drastically slowed down within just a few days. The results demonstrated that during lockdown air quality was significantly improved. The Corona pandemic has given us many lessons but it is difficult to say how much we learned from them. During the last lockdown, when life came to a standstill, air pollution had also reached its lowest level. This proved that we citizens have the biggest hand in increasing air pollution. So do we need epidemics to reduce air pollution?

 

By the way, contemplating on air pollution is in the same way that first we put doctors out of work and then start worrying about the patient. Yes, the natural elements that control air pollution the most are trees. But we have allowed trees to be cut to increase our concrete empire and today we are hoping that we get pure air. Looking at the open drains and piles of garbage chuckling with dirt, we still hope that we get clean air. This is more than deceiving ourselves and if anything, it is the crime we are committing towards our future generation. In 2015 alone, 3.5 lakh children died of asthma due to vehicular air pollution in India. After the publication of this report, did any awareness emerge about the maintenance of vehicles or pollution control in our country on the basis of air pollution? Simply, a concrete step was taken that vehicles older than 15 years were banned on the road. While the number of vehicles increased by a hundredfold. In India, mainly petrol and diesel are used as fuel in many vehicles. In India, mainly petrol and diesel are used as fuel in many vehicles. The smoke emitted from these vehicles contains toxic gases like carbon-di-oxide, carbon-monoxide, which are fatal to the health of humans and animals. People get respiratory diseases due to the heavy poison that is continuously dissolved in the air. Many of these are incurable. It is common for the eyes to get irritated from the fumes of the vehicles. The smoke of vehicles comes out from the end of the tube of their silencer, whose mouth remains towards the rear of the vehicles. Toxic substances dissolve in the air backwards. This smoke and dirty dust enter the nose of the people and have a fatal effect. The most lethal situation is when the waiting vehicles are standing due to a red light at the intersections, their engine keeps running and the smoke coming out of them becomes so deep that along with burning in the eyes, cough also starts. 

We brought a flood of cars to our cities and settlements but we still haven't learned to 'carpool'. Whereas 'carpool' is the method in which employees going in the same office or in the same direction share the same car. One's car is used every day, which reduces fuel consumption and also reduces the number of vehicles on the road. In this method there is no burden on any one person. But like to show off, we believe more in showcasing our opulence by ignoring the dangers of car advancement.

An alternative to conventional fuel-powered vehicles has emerged in the form of electric vehicles. Electric vehicles are now being promoted in our country. The government is also giving concessions on these vehicles. But the biggest obstacle in the rise of electric vehicles is the lack of charging stations. This requires a network of charging stations. Only then can it be expected that the trend of electric vehicles will increase. Along with this, if we want the level of air pollution to remain low, then we have to make changes in our daily habits. Time has come for us to decide whether we want pure air or impure air?

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 (23.01.2022)

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