Air pollution is 2nd biggest health risk in India : Swiss organisation ‘IQAir’ report

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It is shameful that to date, all the successive Governments since Independence have not been able to find a solution for the problem.

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New Delhi – Swiss organisation ‘IQAir’ has published ‘The World Air Quality Report 2022’.  It has named air pollution as the second biggest risk factor for the health of the people in India. It has been also said that India’s PM 2.5 level returned to pre-Covid lockdown concentrations measured in 2019.

#AirPollution 2nd biggest health risk in India, annual economic cost over USD 150bn: Reporthttps://t.co/DyROTLcq59

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In India, air pollution is caused by vehicular emissions, power generation, industrial waste, biomass combustion for cooking, the construction sector, and episodic events like crop burning.