Moderate change in Delhi's air, mornings more polluted than evenings: Study

India Today , Thursday, January 07, 2016
Correspondent : AsthaSaxena
With Delhi experimenting one of the most talked about project - the odd-even formula - a study by a private agency has revealed that the overall pollution levels in the last five days has been moderate.

SparkTG, a Cloud based Unified Contact Center Solution provider has released a report on Delhi's pollution levels for the past four days. As per the data, it shows that the mornings are more polluted than evenings.

SparkTG is working with the meteorological department's weather toll free number (1800-180-1717), that not only gives current the weather information for most of the cities in India but also the current Air Quality Index information runs on SparkTG's platform. They provide IVR for air pollution data enabling the general public in making informed decisions about their whereabouts in the city.

"West Delhi turned out to be the most polluted area in the Capital while South Delhi the least polluted area during the trial run of the odd-even formula," the report says.

On an average January 6 seems to be the most polluted day since January 1.

On Wednesday, a total of 308 people opted for lung- function test, out of which 122 were found to have 'compromised lungs'.

The lung-function tests conducted by experts of Maulana Azad Medical College during the off-even run shows that those residing in east Delhi have the weakest lungs.

"More and more people are getting tested every day. On Wednesday, almost 40 per cent of the people that we tested had compromised lungs," project head Dr Suneela Garg told Mail Today.

Recently, a multi-agency study revealed the impact of poor air quality on growth of foetus in pregnant women. The study was conducted by the Sir Ganga Ram hospital in association of Public Health Foundation of India, Indian Meteorological Department and London School of Hygiene to explore the association of air pollution with a neonate's birth weight and gestational age.

 
SOURCE : http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/moderate-change-in-delhis-air-mornings-more-polluted-than-evenings-study/1/564405.html
 


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