How cities around the world are tackling dangerous air quality
looked at the “odd-even” traffic measures and determined when used in 2008, it did lead to improvements — but that they also come with a heavy impact on residents.
A bird flies enveloped by smog and haze in the landmark India Gate monument area in New Delhi, India, Friday, Nov. 4, 2022. . In response to rising concerns in 2016, Indian authorities rolled out a Graded Response Action Plan to try to tackle air quality. The scale measures levels of what is known as particulate matter 2.5. That refers to particulate matter in the air that’s either two and a half microns wide, or less.The first stage, where the levels of particulate matter 2.5 levels are between 61 and 120, the air quality is labelled “poor.” In this first stage, the government imposes heavy fines on garbage burning.
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