Air pollution due to crop burning in North India

देश में एक नेरैटिव बना दिया गया है और बडे जोर शोर से प्रसार प्रचार किया जाता रहा है कि दीपावाली के अवसर पर पटाखों और आतिशबाजी के प्रयोग से प्रदूषण फैलता है, जिसके कारण हर साल दीपावली से पहले प्रतिबंध लगाने की होड मच जाती हैं।

Air pollution is causing irreparable damage to the country’s well-being. On an average, citizens of India have their life expectancy cut short by 5.3 years due to air pollution. In 2017, around 12.4 lakh deaths were recorded due to air pollution in India.

A better air quality was expected this Diwali following the SC Order. What followed was quite the opposite. Read why.