Delhiites faced the worst ever Air Pollution crisis on the Diwali Night and there was none to utter a word on this mega failure of the concerned agencies. We Tweeted the details to our elected representatives on that very night itself. We forwarded the figures to various Air Quality experts who are regularly visible on the media, for the guidance over such a severe crisis. But we got no answer from anyone. Probably to keep mum is the better option, when the things are visibly out of control.
Please go through various screenshots embedded below, to understand the gravity of the situation on that night in Delhi:
Anand Vihar
PM 10 - 3744
37 times of the permissible limits
Ashok Vihar
PM 10 - 4184
42 times of the permissible limits
Dwarka
PM 10 - 1896, PM 2.5 - 1241
19 & 21 times of the permissible limits
Jahangir Puri
PM 10 - 4499, PM 2.5 - 3201
45 & 53 times of the permissible limits
Nehru Nagar
PM 10 - 3316, PM 2.5 - 2698
33 & 50 times of the permissible limits
Okhla Phase 2
PM 10 - 2974, PM 2.5 - 2555
30 & 43 times of the permissible limits
Patparganj
PM 10 - 2160, PM 2.5 - 1922
22 & 32 times of the permissible limits
R K Puram
PM 10 - 2925, PM 2.5 - 2301
29 & 38 times of the permissible limits
Rohini
PM 10 - 2688, PM 2.5 - 2348
27 & 39 times of the permissible limits
Vivek Vihar
PM 2.5 - 3388
56 times of the permissible limits
Wazirpur
PM 2.5 - 4659
78 times of the permissible limits
Isn't it SHOCKING that while Delhiites were forced to bear the Pollution levels of up to 78 times of the PM2.5 & up to 45 times of the PM10, our Elected representatives are mum over this very serious issue? Moreover, while we are shouting here over the pollutants of Extreme levels of PM10 & PM2.5, we don't even know the exact figures of the pollutant PM 1, which is not being measured or at least not being shared by any of the official agencies, though it is much more dangerous & much more harmful for the humans.
Shockingly, the situation is very grim but we are not yet serious over the issue.
B S Vohra
Environment Activist,
President,
East Delhi RWAs Joint Front - Federation
