New Delhi: The data from the last two winters reveal that 11 of the 13 hotspots in Delhi witnessed an increase in pollution in 2020-21 as against the previous winter. Only one hotspot, Wazirpur, showed improvement, indicating much more efforts will be required on the ground to control localised air pollution.
In 2018, Delhi Pollution Control Committee and Central Pollution Control Board identified Delhi’s 13 most polluted areas where PM2.5 concentration was well above even the city’s average. The survey was carried out to take location-specific action and each hotspot got a localised action plan in 2019.
However, the data analysed by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) point out only Wazirpur and Sahibabad in the entire National Capital Region (NCR) have shown actual improvements in terms of PM2.5 concentration. The data for Dwarka weren’t available for comparison.
This story is from the September 18, 2021 edition of The Times of India Delhi.
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