Source :
Air pollution sources vary at sub-national scale / TOI /
26 June 2021 / Print Edition
Extract :
Sector – specific contribution / Key Polluting Sources
in India
Contribution %
Residential……………………… 25.7
Industry……………………………14.8
Energy………………………………12.5
AFCID + dust……………………11.5
Agriculture…………………………9.4
Transport…………………………..6.7
Waste………………………………
4.2
Wind-blown dust……………..
3.4
Other Combustion……………
3.0
Commercial……………………… 2.0
Agri Waste Burning……………1.0
Other Fires…………………………1.0
Shipping…………………………… 0.7
Solvents……………………………. 0.4
Remaining Sources…………….3.7
Ø Solid
biofuel combustion was the largest contributing fuel source in INDIA,
Indonesia, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Nigeria, accounting for up to 36 % or 250,000 deaths
Ø One–fourth
of air-pollution-linked deaths in India
is due to RESIDENTIAL
emissions where SOLID BIO-FUEL COMBUSTION
contributes to the deadly fine particulate matter PM 2.5
Ø The
total attributable deaths due to PM 2.5 were estimated at :
# 2017………….. 866,566
# 2019…………. 953,857
Ø The
analysis underlined that one-fourth of these deaths
could be AVOIDED
by eliminating SOLID BIOFUEL combustion, primarily used for residential heating
and COOKING
Dear Shri Narendrabhai ,
During past 15 months, COVID has killed ( approx. )
400,000 Indians
But, in another ONE YEAR , we would have conquered it ,
bringing down the toll , to under 1,000 in 2023
On the other
hand, indoor COOKING with wood – cow dung cakes – straw etc., have been killing
250,000 poor , rural , Indian housewives, YEAR after YEAR , for decades !
In Sept 2017 , while inaugurating ONGC’s
corporate office, PM Shri Modiji said :
“ Our poor rural ladies are suffering due to air pollution caused by burning wood – straw – cow-dung cakes – kerosene , for cooking on chulhas . Millions of them are prematurely dying due to lung diseases.
We must give them Solar Chulhas “
In this context , I urge you to ask ONGC officers :
“ What is holding you back, to get manufactured and
distribute for free, SOLAR CHULHAS to 20 Crore poor families ? And within 2
years ?
If our Pharma Industry can rise to the occasion and
start producing enough vaccines to give jabs to 10 million people EVERY DAY , why cannot
our OIL – PETROLEUM PRODUCTS manufacturers come forward to save 250,000 lives,
year after year ?
Related E Mails :
Ø Inscrutable
are the ways of the Providence ? ……[ 15 June 2021 ]
Ø Solar Chula ? Some
Unanswered Questions
Ø Solar Chulha :
Where can I buy ?
Ø Dear Shri
Goyalji : How about a Solar Cooker ? / 26 Aug 2020 )
Ø Time to " Talk the Walk " ………………………………….. 19 Sept 2020 )
Ø Not in one day :
What about 3 years ? ……………..[ 25 Oct 2020 ]
With regards,
Hemen Parekh
/ hcp@RecruitGuru.com / 27
June 2021
The study also states that particulate air pollution takes 2.2 years off global life expectancy, or a combined 17 billion life years, relative to a world that met the WHO guideline.
This impact on life expectancy is comparable to that of smoking, more than three times that of alcohol use and unsafe water, six times that of HIV/AIDS, and 89 times that of conflict and terrorism.
The WHO recently revised its guidelines -from 10 µg/m³ to 5 µg/m³- for what it considers a safe level of exposure to particulate pollution, bringing most of the world—97.3 percent of the global population—into the unsafe zone.
MOST VISIBLE IMPACT OF POLLUTION IN SOUTH ASIA
The report states that in no region of the world is the deadly impact of pollution more visible than in South Asia, where more than half of the life burden of pollution occurs.
Residents there are expected to lose about five years of their lives on average if the current high levels of pollution persist, and more in the most polluted regions. Since 2013, about 44 percent of the world’s increase in pollution has come from India, the reports said.
Since 1998, India’s average annual particulate pollution has increased by 61.4 percent, and currently, it stands as the world’s second most polluted country.
“By updating the AQLI with the new WHO guideline based on the latest science, we have a better grasp on the true cost we are paying to breathe polluted air,” says AQLI Director Christa Hasenkopf.
“Now that our understanding of pollution’s impact on human health has improved, there is a stronger case for governments to prioritize it as an urgent policy issue,” Hasenkpof said.
According to the report, the 10 most polluted states in India include:
1) Delhi NCR
2) Uttar Pradesh
3) Bihar
4) Haryana
5) Tripura
6) Punjab
7) West Bengal
8) Jharkhand
9) Chattisgarh
10) Rajasthan
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