All the states of North India including Delhi-NCR are in very bad condition due to pollution. On November 18, the AQI in the capital Delhi was above 400 during the day, which reached above 700 by the evening.
In the past years, the level of pollution in the country has increased rapidly and with the onset of winter, the air level in Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand becomes like a gas chamber, which has a direct impact on the country's economy and people's pockets. Does matter. Here we are telling you about the harm caused by pollution.
The Department of Economic and Policy Research (DEPR) of the Reserve Bank of India said in its report based on the financial year 2022-23 that the loss of labor hours by 2030 due to heat web, climate change and humidity will be 4.5 percent of India's GDP. will be.
According to the report of The Lancet Planetary Health in 2021, increasing air pollution will not only increase the death rate but will also impact the economy of states with low per capita GDP like Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh by 0.67% to 2.15%. There will be loss.
With the onset of winter, it becomes difficult to breathe in Delhi-NCR and its surrounding states, because the AQI around Delhi-NCR reaches beyond 400, which is a severe condition, in which the lungs of a normal person can contract by 15 to 20 percent. The harm is equal to that of smoking cigarettes.
Recently, due to increase in AQI in the capital Delhi, the Supreme Court has implemented Grape 4, in which schools and colleges till class 12th have been closed and online studies have been ordered. Along with this, orders have been given to close those offices where work can be done online. There is a complete ban on construction, stubble burning and diesel vehicles.
The states including Delhi-NCR are in bad condition due to pollution. There are many restrictions from construction to use of diesel vehicles. This strictness directly impacts the economy. If we understand it in simple words, then due to increase in pollution many works are banned, due to which their cost automatically increases. Along with this, due to less work in cities, laborers migrate, due to which the cost of labor increases.
