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Well, well, unlike winter, when vehicular emission and neighboring farm burns pollute the sky, this time it's mother nature lifting sands off the desert and dus

Well, well, unlike winter, when vehicular emission and neighboring farm burns pollute the sky, this time it's mother nature lifting sands off the desert and dust from the fields. Approx 2 more weeks to go when the monsoon arrives and everything would be back to normal.

JumpCrisscross 8y ago
> everything would be back to normal Which is the 11th most polluted city on the planet by PM2.5 particulate matter concentration [1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_polluted_cities_by_particulate_matter_concentration https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_polluted_cities_b...
krtkush 8y ago
It'll be years or maybe even decades before things will be back to normal in Delhi.
- wcoenen 8y ago
  Are there any indications that things will get better instead of worse in the next decades?
  - ShorsHammer 8y ago
    Not at all, Delhi's population has consistently grown by 1 million a year for the last decade and shows no signs of letting up. The trend towards urbanisation is strong. The prospect of clamping down on agriculture burnoffs that plague the city during winter is limited too. Meanwhile China has cleaned up it's award winning polluted cities quite quickly and continues to do so.
Retric 8y ago
> dust from the field That's a man made problem. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_Bowl https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_Bowl
seanmcdirmid 8y ago
China (mainly northern but sometimes western) has dust storms in spring that have similar effects. It got better with tree planting, but once many of those trees died it got worse again.
wewake 8y ago
> Approx 2 more weeks to go when the monsoon arrives and everything would be back to normal. Wow, that's a very indifferent take on such an alarming matter.
deepGem 8y ago
Man, I am appalled at your response. What we are seeing in Delih is beyond alarming. In fact, even the so called normal in Delhi is alarming by the global pollution standards. Please avoid making such flippant comments. PM2.5 is at a hazardous level in Punjabi Bagh. http://aqicn.org/city/delhi/punjabi-bagh/ http://aqicn.org/city/delhi/punjabi-bagh/

JumpCrisscross 8y ago

> everything would be back to normal Which is the 11th most polluted city on the planet by PM2.5 particulate matter concentration [1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_polluted_cities_by_particulate_matter_concentration https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_polluted_cities_b...

krtkush 8y ago

It'll be years or maybe even decades before things will be back to normal in Delhi.

wcoenen 8y ago
Are there any indications that things will get better instead of worse in the next decades?
- ShorsHammer 8y ago
  Not at all, Delhi's population has consistently grown by 1 million a year for the last decade and shows no signs of letting up. The trend towards urbanisation is strong. The prospect of clamping down on agriculture burnoffs that plague the city during winter is limited too. Meanwhile China has cleaned up it's award winning polluted cities quite quickly and continues to do so.

Retric 8y ago

> dust from the field That's a man made problem. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_Bowl https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_Bowl

seanmcdirmid 8y ago

China (mainly northern but sometimes western) has dust storms in spring that have similar effects. It got better with tree planting, but once many of those trees died it got worse again.

wewake 8y ago

> Approx 2 more weeks to go when the monsoon arrives and everything would be back to normal. Wow, that's a very indifferent take on such an alarming matter.

deepGem 8y ago

Man, I am appalled at your response. What we are seeing in Delih is beyond alarming. In fact, even the so called normal in Delhi is alarming by the global pollution standards. Please avoid making such flippant comments. PM2.5 is at a hazardous level in Punjabi Bagh. http://aqicn.org/city/delhi/punjabi-bagh/ http://aqicn.org/city/delhi/punjabi-bagh/