Not just Delhi, a bunch of central Indian cities too suffer worse air quality. But, is anyone listening?

Air quality plummets to dangerous levels in central Indian cities, a CSE analysis finds

Polluted air that poses huge risks are often associated with the northern Indian cities. But it may not be just these cities that have a problem of bad quality air. The issue is that not much is written on the air quality and pollution hassles that the central Indian cities suffer.

If one goes by the recent analysis that have been made public by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), the New Delhi-based renowned non-profit, it becomes clear and, indeed shocking, that a clutch of central Indian cities are at the risk of fall outs that could come about due to the worst quality of air above them.

Winter pollution levels in cities such as Gwalior and Singrauli are at par with what is normally reported in the Indo-Gangetic Plains of northern India. The fact that the central India cities too have a humongous pollution problem is yet to be accorded national attention, though. The CSE analysis has pointed out that the winter air quality of Gwalior and Singrauli is as bad as that of cities in the National Capital Region and Uttar Pradesh. This revelation needs to be an eye opener to the powers that be, rather than looking at and doing things only for the top industrial towns and cities of northern India.

Central Indian states of MP, Chhattisgarh suffer

Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh have always been in ten news for other factors, but everyone seems to have ignored the growing risks that the air in the cities that are part of these states pose. The analysis, which covered 18 continuous ambient air quality monitoring stations across 17 cities in the states of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, conducted studies in two stations in Gwalior and one station each in Bhopal, Damoh, Dewas, Indore, Jabalpur, Katni, Maihar, Mandideep, Pithampur, Ratlam, Sagar, Satna, Singrauli, Ujjain, Bhilai and Bilaspur. CSE has reported that its analysis was an assessment of annual and seasonal trends in PM2.5 concentrations for the period January 1, 2019 to December 12, 2021.

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