Delhi Literally Taking Your Breath Away: Yesterday's Time Lapse Video Shows Air To Be Worse Than Ever
On November 3 Delhi NCR region felt like a gas chamber. It was impossible to breathe to even stand outside. AQI in many places in Delhi breached the mark of 999 and this was more than 120 hours after Diwali.
On November 3, Delhi NCR region felt like a gas chamber. It was impossible to breathe, to even stand outside. Not that remaining indoors proved to be any better. The smoke and pollution had crept into, even the underground metro stations.
Delhi was literally taking breaths away. AQI in many places in Delhi NCR breached the mark of 999 and this was more than 120 hours after Diwali. Instead of getting better, the air quality is just getting worse.
AQI India shared the 24 hours time lapse of November 3 which is scary to watch. The video just shows the visibility reducing massively as compared to the night of November 2. It seems like the city is being covered in a thick layer of fog but all it is, is polluted air.
Last 24 hours in Delhi were the worst in terms of air quality for this year. Here is a time lapse of Delhi (03 Nov 2019). @rahulkanwal @PrakashJavdekar @sunitanar @CPCB_OFFICIAL @ndtv @ABPNews @htTweets @IndianExpress @HuffPostIndia @guardianeco @CNNnews18 @CNN @TimesNow @NatGeo pic.twitter.com/gbdEnc0Inm
¡ª Rohit Bansal (@rohitbsl) November 3, 2019
The construction activities in the city have been banned till November 5 and the odd-even scheme comes into effect from today. Despite all these measures, there seems to be no effect on the air quality. AQI had even shared the time lapse of the day after Diwali, but it did not seem nearly as bad as the one shared yesterday.
A timelapse of Diwali day and evening, showing a smog layer covering the city already during the day.
¡ª AQI India (@AQI_India) October 30, 2019
As the light show at Connaught Place starts, others are burning fireworks and creating PM2.5 levels higher than 1500.#airpollution #diwali #delhi pic.twitter.com/Ki5Uyq5aKH
The weather department has predicted rain in the coming days, that might provide a relief to Delhi, but as of now, we are all breathing poison.
Even though not all masks block all pollutants, it is a folly to be stepping out without one.
The states of Punjab and Haryana need to work with the Delhi government to tackle this problem. Our leaders need to understand that playing the blame game is not going to help our cause, and if we spend all our time doing just that, then we can bid goodbye to any hope of making this even marginally better.
