Delhi is considered one of the most green cities in India. Visually it definitely is, there are big stretches of trees in various pockets of Delhi. The Delhi cantonment, ridge road, mandir marg, the Dhaula Kuan Central Delhi connection , chanakyapuri , consulate area. Despite all this, the pollution boards find the city to be in a mess, being one of the most polluted cities in the world, almost worse than 1600 cities that are tabled in the pollution index.
So what is the cause of this situation, the answer is simple - cars, factories and village culture. Delhi has more cars than Mumbai,Chennai, Pune, Bangalore all put together. Factories - to be a world class city one cannot have factories inside the city but Delhi has many clusters of factories operating and intact there was some nuclear material also found in a factory. One does not need to imagine the damage these chemical factories are doing to this country . The village culture is the worst, people find burning anything and everything as a pastime , every leaf, plastic, waste material in Delhi is burnt foolishly by our Delhi residents and find nothing wrong in such behaviour.
But can you feel the difference when you are visiting and travelling to various places in Delhi, one may not necessarily feel the difference but one does realise that the quality is not what one expects it to be. Yet in places like Khan market, connaught place the quality of air is still tolerable and manageable. This is because the place is covered with trees all around. And that does make a difference to the particulate matter . The dust disappears ,literally there is lesser dust in the area because of plants all around.
But when one visits Khirki extension. subash nagar, malviya nagar one can feel the difference in air quality and the dust is visible in the air. When small shops and open trailers selling variety of cooking stuff, the smell, the dust and the burnt oil is distinctly recognised by an individual.
The formula is not understood. We as citizens will not take any steps and let the government take all the steps in this regard. The government will only take steps that do not hurt any industry or group of individuals. So what happens, the quality keeps going from bad to worse.
Infact, in case you travel from Delhi to other areas in India you will notice many ponds, water bodies full of waste and dirt that makes them inhospitable, not just to live around but also to look.
So grow some trees, breathe fresh and keep traveling to hill stations around Delhi.
So what is the cause of this situation, the answer is simple - cars, factories and village culture. Delhi has more cars than Mumbai,Chennai, Pune, Bangalore all put together. Factories - to be a world class city one cannot have factories inside the city but Delhi has many clusters of factories operating and intact there was some nuclear material also found in a factory. One does not need to imagine the damage these chemical factories are doing to this country . The village culture is the worst, people find burning anything and everything as a pastime , every leaf, plastic, waste material in Delhi is burnt foolishly by our Delhi residents and find nothing wrong in such behaviour.
But can you feel the difference when you are visiting and travelling to various places in Delhi, one may not necessarily feel the difference but one does realise that the quality is not what one expects it to be. Yet in places like Khan market, connaught place the quality of air is still tolerable and manageable. This is because the place is covered with trees all around. And that does make a difference to the particulate matter . The dust disappears ,literally there is lesser dust in the area because of plants all around.
But when one visits Khirki extension. subash nagar, malviya nagar one can feel the difference in air quality and the dust is visible in the air. When small shops and open trailers selling variety of cooking stuff, the smell, the dust and the burnt oil is distinctly recognised by an individual.
The formula is not understood. We as citizens will not take any steps and let the government take all the steps in this regard. The government will only take steps that do not hurt any industry or group of individuals. So what happens, the quality keeps going from bad to worse.
Infact, in case you travel from Delhi to other areas in India you will notice many ponds, water bodies full of waste and dirt that makes them inhospitable, not just to live around but also to look.
So grow some trees, breathe fresh and keep traveling to hill stations around Delhi.
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