Lockdown brought environmental noise / worldwide noise and also cleared air; Carbon emissions reduced by 5%, this is the first time since the second world war

Delhi. (Anirudh Sharma) To prevent the infection of coronavirus, all the countries of the world have put a lockdown. Due to this, the air of the country and the world has become clean. The noise and vibration of the earth has reduced and the amount of carbon emission has also been reduced by 5 per cent. For the first time since the Second World War, the level of carbon emissions has fallen so much. The country has never recorded such a superior figure in the Air Quality Index released since 2014.

AQI below 85 cities in 100

The Air Quality Index has been running below 100 in the past one week in more than 85 cities of the country. This means air is good in these cities. The factors of pollution during lockdown are 35 to 40% drop in the amount of dust particles PM2.5 and PM10. Carbon monoxide, nitrogen, sulfur oxide and ozone levels also decreased. The important thing is that this level of pollution does not remain even in rain. Dr D Saha, a former scientist at the Pollution Control Board, said that since the Air Quality Index (AQI) is being created in 2014, this is the first time that pollution is at the lowest level. By applying Odd-Even in winter, the air of Delhi can improve by 2 to 3%. Compared to that, NCR has improved more than 15 times. 

On March 16, in 55 cities satisfying was the air
according to the Pollution Control Board 6 days before the public curfew on March 16 in 55 cities, air quality and was satisfactory. Gradually the cities with this category of air kept decreasing. This trend remained till March 21. On 22 such cities became 67. The number increased to 92 on 28 March. On 29-30 March, there was not a single city where the wind was bad. On 31 March and 1 April, except for Bulandshahr and Guwahati, the air of all the cities was in satisfactory category. Prashant Gargava of the board said that AQI has not been crossing 100 in more than 85 cities for a week.

Improve air quality standards

Air quality expert Dr. D Saha said that air quality is the best at the moment. We should improve the standards of air quality standards set in 2009 and the air quality index made in 2014.

An long-term solution will also have to be found.
CSE Executive Director Anumita Raychaudhury said that work from home is getting more. We have to think that the method we are adopting at the moment, can we find a long-term solution also?

This is the trend, accurate analysis will be done after 3 weeks

Senior cardiologist Dr. KK Aggarwal said that Kovid-19 has increased, then other diseases are less visible. This trend is visible in a week. More accurate analysis will be done on completion of three weeks.