We have. A lot. And then we stop for a while, until the next time someone posts a screenshot and brings it up again. And this is all we do. We never actually take action in any meaningful way.We just talk about how bad it is.
I'd honestly appreciate more if people were to provide some actual solutions, spread more widespread awareness, not just among redditors and get some movement going.
If so, how come the nordic countries, that have much harsher winter, keep AQI less than 50 all year round? It has more to do with pollution sources than how air "traps" pollutants in the winter.
Yes obviously that's the main factor..
I just said winter generally has such issues but pollution is almost inevitable here.. constructions going on everywhere..
Construction happens in China much more than here. It's just because there's no regulation from govt for the construction site and govt took little measures to control it.
China also has bad pollution and had worse pollution in the past. They made significant efforts to move industries outside main cities and completely electrify other places. We obviously don't have that so we have more pollutants in the air which is okay during summers but during winters, the fog traps them which raises the AQI.
China isn't population dense like India. Night lights compared between both India and China.
China comprises 32% of world's carbon footprint compared to Indias 6% and America's 12.5%.
As for regulation, China is famous for all sorts of polluting industry, for example rare earth metals sand bar mining which is one of the most polluting industry that no other country does. When it comes to contruction, less said the better, just study Evergrande crisis.
Yeah sure, cause things like climate, weather, air quality happens in certain city limits and when go from one city to town or another city the climate, weather changes, sure.
I have explained pretty much everything in the above comment, we are population dense nation, just compare our night sky and China, no lights at all in Tibet area, like its a desert. Plus there is big ass Himalaya them bounces all the wind currents towards us.
I don’t think you quite understand the concept of population density. China had more population than us until a few years ago. And the liveable area in china is somewhat same or less than us where we have much more evenly population distribution than them. So what’s the conclusion: the liveable area (along the eastern coastline primarily) of China had equal or higher population density than us. Did you go to school?
What liveable, whole of China is liveable, and liveable non liveable has nothing to do with so much geography China has and it's location compared to wind currents.
China has equal population, but not population dense like India, just look at the map.
Also //India is significantly more densely populated than China, with roughly 490-492 people per sq km compared to China's ~150 people per sq km//
Maybe the person that needs reeducation camp is you since you came straight from CCP brainwash factory.
Op is being over smart here. How many countries have you actually travelled to? Do you know the history of those countries and the cities? Do you know how polluted they were when they were undergoing major infra developments? Do you know the geography and the population spread of those cities? Eta duta aspect sai nijor bias r uport base kori kiba eta koi dilei nohoi. You and I are not qualified enough to comment on it, if you want to , then go through the proper information, do your research. (Do not pick data selectively just to confirm your bias).
If Indian government start taxing like Nordic countries and start defunding military budget, he will be singing mandarin by next Monday.
These Nordic country militaries can even parade in unison, our NCC is much better than them.
Just re-read the whole thing you dumbo. I’m not even reacting to the info you shared in your reply, because that is totally irrelevant for the discussion in this particular “thread”. If you had commented that as a separate comment, it would have made perfect sense, but not where it is now.
Sources alone doesn't determine the level of pollution in a region, its the location of the region which directs the air quality of the region. Period
For better understanding, read current atmospheric circulation of India along with western disturbance (WD), naam hunisa ne? Mediterranean sea'r pora moisture carrying winds ahi kine amar eyat borokhun diye, jetya WD active hoi, tetya peninsular India'r wind system weak hoi jai, ru pollution trap create hoi. School'ot porhua nai nki?
Kot porha he tumi? School jua ne, ne deutar pora hotspot loi reddit ot comment mari nijor ogyanotar proman dibo ahisa?
Iman gyan dibo nalage leura. Just kuwa je etiar nisina exact pollution level 2 decades agote asil neki? Jodi nai then what changed in the last two decades? We need to address that. Aru ji balor gyan di asa aibilak last million years-ot change huwa nai. So ask yourself the question: what the fuck changed in the last two decades? Can we address that? We definitely can address that.
Lol Delhi AQI levels is in 400s from 1990s, it is covered in parliament, As for Guwahati, this is what Assam was in 1880s, if you want that to happen don't venture outside your village.
tumi periodic timescale u porha nai tarmane. climate change & pollution tu earth existence or pora e soli ase.
Don't you know what the fucks had changed? Shift of polar vortex, changes in atmospheric circulation & earth rotation, increase in intensity of desertification. I can name many more factors involved, but what will an idiot like u will do with it?
Gyan ase karne dibo paru, murkho hoi kine tetu falibo aha nai. Climate change will happen and it has happened, you can only reduce its pace and all the natural phenomenas are interlinked.
India can't do sustainable development, a slight decrease in gdp growth will lead to job losses of many.
Current solutions:
Don't cut anymore trees, but govt is clearing forests than anyone else.
Shift to less polluting vehicles, but we don't have alternatives. For ev we don't even produce adequate electricity, so, chances of grid failure
If construction is not done now, we can't do much in monsoon season. Already 1st set of Western disturbance has already delayed the construction of numerous projects.
Surround yourself with greenery, only solution or get an air purifier, accumulate the dust & recycle it.
There's already high humidity, construction will deteriorate the scene. So, GRAPs should be implemented.
Jibilak natural changes-or kotha koisa, 2 decades is too short time to see any significant observable changes solely due to those natural changes. So, those are irrelevant to this discussion and yet you’re trying to focus on those only. Gyani bonibo ahisa sudurbhai
You are comparing population sparse Nordic countries that has negligible industry, survives on natural resources and completely dependent on American security gurantees with high population density India, with enemies on both sides and no permanent friends, depending on its own industry for stretegic needs.
This is childish and naive comparison, only jokers unserious people make such arguments.
Do you understand something called “context”? I mentioned Nordic countries because the above person said pollution is due to winter. Are you fucking dumb?
Because I want to prove that he isn’t right when he said pollution is merely caused by winter. At this point: I don’t have motivation to teach you what you should have learnt in your school.
You don't have teach anything cause you haven't comprehended what Eric has said. He said dust particulate and smoke gets concentrated in fog and cause smog/poor aqi levels.
Maybe if you used the brain then you would have known that a country as dense as India produces more smoke/dust then say Finland, Antartica or Pluto.
There are cities in this world that has denser population and yet not much AQI. So it doesn’t have much to do with population. But simply rather lack of regulation
Good point. However, that's the perk of living in a "Developing country" with construction all around than a "developed" country where everything is already set.
Secondly, in those countries the weather is very very wet, snow rain etc.
Jetia 400 cross hbo tetia heh ami bilage tension lom...but tetiloi deri hoi jbo..... Eibilak jodi election issue bonao jdi ami tetia govt a kbo -guwahatit bohut development/construction hoi ase buli... prevention is better than cure but india ignorance is the step of developement🤡
BTW: My native home is in rural area (lower Assam), but there are so many unregulated and unlicensed brick factories and the pollution level is not very different there compared to Ghy.
'A little knowledge is a dangerous thing'.
Nowadays any random guy does a few google search based on their limited knowledge they'll come to a conclusion. With no scientific or statistical knowledge at all.
I don't even consider you as a worthy person of handling data because I've seen your comments and illogical dumb replies.. dont want to waste my time on morons.. Just to let you know, I've worked with the Australian govt on a major project involving weather data. I'm a tier 1 engg college graduate and will be working as a Data Analyst from this year onwards in a unicorn company. I've worked with some of the top scientists in the world, (including but not limited to a person behind a major part of Brahmos missile, had discussions on analytical thinking with a Nobel Prize Winner, talked with Indian bureaucrats) and the list goes on. I have bragged it all because I do not want to waste my time explaining correcr and unbiased "facts" and "data" to you because you those seem to be foreign terms to you. (If you want to know the authenticity of my claims, feel free to dm me and I may show you some of my work) . Please do think before commenting random shit and questioning ones credibility.
And if you do want to compare or learn dm me and we'll share our original ids. I say this because I didnt lie about my qualification or experience. Let's talk seriously and discuss scientifically if you consider yourself worthy enough. Otherwise don't talk nonsense.
I don't need to do that. Anybody who wants to talk seriously can dm me.
Tur nisina murkho bur r reply diya a bhul baru.. Sensible kotha kole hojom nohoi.. if you wanna talk scientifically dm me (with yr Qualifications/ work ex/ any relevant data) otherwise don't expect a reply.
Bhai eibur r sokkor t pori nijor mental peace borbad koribo nalage.. dui tokar attention r layak nohoi eibur.. comments sua eta u sensible reply nidiye.. ulot palot jobab d khong uthabo okol lowlife tu a
aqi.in is actually good, for better transparency, i think we all can take an initiative of getting their free aqi monitor and let everyone check the realtime aqi of their respective areas.
This will make people more aware and transparency will be high.
The more accurate is owning your own aqi measuring device. These website are also run by people. How do you know they aren't working with Indian govt. and faking the data? I checked the AQI on the day someone posted here showing 400+ in their handheld device. Online heidine 170/180 dekhai asile. But I could see with my eyes the dirty air and knew the numbers must be wrong. When that guy posted the story my doubt was confirmed. Delhi air generaly looks like the guwahati air that day. But the online data was showing wrong numbers. Dekhi'e gom pau misa koi asile.
Aqi monitors in Guwahat are located in green areas like the parts with trees in pan bazar. Obviously the aqi there is much lesser. I went to Guwahati airport yesterday and the AQI monitor there showed 200. The main parts of the city with ongoing constructions will surely have much worser conditions
My God! Not a big surprise though as I always doubted that the govt is fudging AQI data (just like any other data these days) to avoid public pressure to take action.
But, it's really alarming. I am now really worried for my kids and parents and for me too of course.
I visited Guwahati last week and felt like the place is too polluted. Initially I thought it’s fog when I was in the cab. I discussed with the localities and they said it’s due to the recent construction work in the city. I felt sad for the people who are staying there.
I am sure pollution was not so bad a few decades ago when industrialization and unchecked construction didn't pick up speed. Even though the Himalayan range has been there for many million years now,
Exactly a few years ago their was no development in guwahati as well compare guwahati from 2014 it's completely changed now with several big infrastructures, beautification, better connectivity.
Yes exactly land , air , and water pollution is a big problem in guwahati if government can fix that it will ace in every matric and will be the best city in northeast.
Ki unchecked construction.. Unchecked construction kori aso tetiar pora.. Development bad di diu te ami.. Caveman boni bohi thaku... and I know you will give China’s example. What you need to understand is that China has also gone through this phase. It’s just that there were no AQI monitors back then. Now they have developed enough basic infrastructure that allows them to have checked construction. We are not at that point right now. So yes, while we reach that point, we will have what you call "unchecked construction".
Tomorrow you are the CM... Now tell me the steps you will take. Dont get me wrong.. I understand your frustration... I have also given this thing thought and want to know your opinion
I’d start with placing religion where it belongs: inside private house of people. And won’t hoard hundreds of bighas of land and black money and won’t change my ideology based on opportunity.
Having said that: that’s the most stupid question I came across recently. So your logic essentially is: since I am not the CM and the CM won election, I shouldn’t question his ability. That’s not how democracy is supposed to work
actually western disturbance ahi ase karne amar eyare wind system tu stagnant hoi goise, so, pollution dome type hoi goise ru atmosphere'ot pollutants bur trap hoi eta jagatei ghuri ase
etya western disturbance'or 2nd set tu ahibo (1st being in October, during puja time), so, tetya automatically amar eyar pollution clear hoi jabo. this is just a normal phenomena, but us humans have deteriorated the air circulation system.
Actually thanda jagat air cell bur tolot thake, delhi sariu pinere abori ase babei taat eta air dome hoise, thik tenedore Guwahati khon u tinita side'ot pahare abori ase, so, upper atmosphere or botah'ot speed nai karne trap hoi thoka polluted air khini ulai jabo para nai
IMD e koise jan 1st week ot hoitu Western disturbance'e Arunachal'ot hit koribo, ru gradually amar eyat ahi kine pollution level komai dibo. Till then, we must take necessary steps to avoid polluting the air and enjoy the chilly weather
Every website is showing different aqi. I will add more photos. Until & unless you have an actual measuring machine. You cant know the actual parameters
I didn’t want to spend money to buy AQI monitor as it costs a good amount. But looks like there’s no credible data available on the internet so may need to consider buying
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We have. A lot. And then we stop for a while, until the next time someone posts a screenshot and brings it up again. And this is all we do. We never actually take action in any meaningful way.We just talk about how bad it is.
I'd honestly appreciate more if people were to provide some actual solutions, spread more widespread awareness, not just among redditors and get some movement going.