In an effort to combat a three-week decline in air quality, authorities in the capital and surrounding cities of India fined the owners of thousands of cars and construction sites for violating pollution regulations. According to the Swiss company IQAir’s real-time statistics, New Delhi is the most polluted large metropolis in the world.
The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) assessed Monday’s conditions as “very poor,” with a score of 373 on its index that classifies levels from zero to 50 as “good.” Officials reported that around 60,000 vehicles and over 7,500 construction sites were punished. According to the Commission for Air Quality Management, up to 54,000 of the vehicles did not have a pollution under control (PUC) certificate, which indicates acceptable levels of pollutants. Nearly 3,900 other vehicles were seized as “overaged.”
56 sites have been ordered to close, while 597 sites have received environmental compensation payments. Every winter, New Delhi struggles with severe pollution as the chilly air retains dust, smoke, and emissions from farm fires in the nearby farming regions of Punjab and Haryana, necessitating regular closures of schools and construction curbs in response.
According to the earth sciences ministry, the region’s air quality is predicted to remain “very poor” until Wednesday and then fluctuate between “very poor” and “severe” during the next six days.According to the CPCB, a severe grade, which falls between 401 and 500 on its index, has an impact on both healthy people and people who are already ill. Although bad air quality is a frequent wintertime issue throughout South Asia, IQAir has named New Delhi the most polluted capital in the world for four consecutive years.
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