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According to WHO, Delhi is most air polluted city in the world. Air quality in India is measured with the index called Air Quality Index. What is Air Quality Index in India? Who developed it? What the six categories and eight pollutants? What are the criticism of this Air Quality Index recently developed in India? (250 Words)
WHO report claimed that the average lifespan of a Delhi resident was reduced by three years due to poor air quality. For the sake of comparision, a lifelong smoker has his expected lifespan reduced by ten years. The right to a clean and healthy environment has been adjudged to be within the ambit of Article 21.
Towards this objective, the IND-AQI has been released by the CPCB on the basis of a study conducted by an expert group headed by Dr AK Agarwal and a technical study by IIT Kanpur. The AQI combines several weighted parameters related to air pollution into a signle number or a set of numbers.
The index number is color coded, from green to red in the following categories: Good, Satisfactory, Moderately Polluted, Poor, Very Poor and Severe.
Criticism:
1. Doubts over data-collection methodologies adopted by CPCB and SPCBs 2. Needs at least one continuous monitoring unit (CMU) in each state capital and million-plus population city 3. Existing CMUs understaffed and known to give inaccurate data 4. Inorganic linkages b/n SPCB and CPCB, former accused of being political appointees and prone to data fudging
To conclude, the AQI is a credible first step towards hazard mapping, providing information to vulnerable citizens such as the elderly and asthmatics, for assessing efficacy of policy interventions, and for scientific and academic research. However, to be efficient we need to ensure integrity of the data collected as well as its extension to all major urban areas.
The form of environmental pollution that we face every second of our life is the air pollution. WHO's recent nomination of Delhi as the worst city of air quality only postulates the dark air we breathe in. This announcement strained the nerves of our policy makers. Our technological savvy prime minister matched the situation by launching an AIR QUALITY INDEX to guage the real time level of air pollution. The theme was simple that in order to contain something firstly we have to gauge it. It was released by CPCB leveraged by the technical expert AK AGGARWAL.. In cohesion with international standards the index collates the CPCB pollution figures in the form of six colur coded levels. For eg the dark green for good air and maroon for the worst. The main forms of primary air pollutants that are gauged by it are PM2.5, some harmful gases and organic carbons. The output of the index is only in figures that will catch our conscience to the prevalent air quality of the place.
Definitely these type of innovatios are rare but this would not insulate it from the limitations Following the trend the zeal of announcement does not match the execution. The policy is not integrated with the capacity. What will be the combative steps after the collation of data's through these indexes are not evolved out. Only collating the data about the air quality is not the end but the initiation of the efforts to shun it. India is the key initiator of many pro environmental talks and policies at the global level and she should exemplify the same vigour in this regard. So that the heart and lungs of our country remain respirative and healthy.
yar i am very depressed.. i am not able to write relevant answers within 7-8 minutes. what i write is just bull crap... i tke around 15 minutes, write more than 250 words..... very very worried... i think i am obsolete..
yar i am very depressed.. i am not able to write relevant answers within 7-8 minutes. what i write is just bull crap... i tke around 15 minutes, write more than 250 words..... very very worried... i think i am obsolete..
Same here bhai. In search of pace, my handwriting seems to have gone to the dogs. Secondly, I am not even getting time for answer writing. Reading the books and trying to finish the syllabus alone is taking up all of my time. Making notes of the newspapers seems to be the only writing part I do regularly. :-S
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Towards this objective, the IND-AQI has been released by the CPCB on the basis of a study conducted by an expert group headed by Dr AK Agarwal and a technical study by IIT Kanpur. The AQI combines several weighted parameters related to air pollution into a signle number or a set of numbers.
The parameters are: Pb, PM2.5, PM10, NH3, NO2, CO, SO2, O3
The index number is color coded, from green to red in the following categories: Good, Satisfactory, Moderately Polluted, Poor, Very Poor and Severe.
Criticism:
1. Doubts over data-collection methodologies adopted by CPCB and SPCBs
2. Needs at least one continuous monitoring unit (CMU) in each state capital and million-plus population city
3. Existing CMUs understaffed and known to give inaccurate data
4. Inorganic linkages b/n SPCB and CPCB, former accused of being political appointees and prone to data fudging
To conclude, the AQI is a credible first step towards hazard mapping, providing information to vulnerable citizens such as the elderly and asthmatics, for assessing efficacy of policy interventions, and for scientific and academic research. However, to be efficient we need to ensure integrity of the data collected as well as its extension to all major urban areas.
Definitely these type of innovatios are rare but this would not insulate it from the limitations
Following the trend the zeal of announcement does not match the execution. The policy is not integrated with the capacity. What will be the combative steps after the collation of data's through these indexes are not evolved out. Only collating the data about the air quality is not the end but the initiation of the efforts to shun it. India is the key initiator of many pro environmental talks and policies at the global level and she should exemplify the same vigour in this regard. So that the heart and lungs of our country remain respirative and healthy.
How far Indian Constitutional scheme which incorporates a pluralistic society can be emulated by Nepal in resolving its recent constitutional crisis?