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New Delhi: This week, pollution-related illnesses have forced 44 per cent of households in Delhi-NCR to visit a doctor or hospital, a survey by LocalCircles showed, up from 22 per cent recorded by the same community platform in another survey last week. The figure has been doubled.,
The National Capital Region has been engulfed in haze for almost two weeks, and the Air Quality Index (AQI) ranges between 300 and 1,000 in the five cities that make up the NCR – Delhi, Gurugram, Noida, Ghaziabad and Faridabad.,
The latest survey asked residents how they or their family members were dealing with air pollution. In response, 33 percent said “one or more of us have visited a doctor”, and 11 percent said “one or more of us have visited a doctor and a hospital”.
Overall, 86 per cent of the respondents said that someone in their family is suffering from one or more diseases due to polluted air. These diseases include difficulty in breathing, congestion, cough, sore throat, burning eyes, etc.
Thirty-two percent of the respondents said they had a sore throat, cough, congestion or burning in the eyes, while 7 percent said they were suffering from headaches or sleep disturbances. Twenty percent said they had trouble breathing.
Will the lockdown help?
The survey also asked whether residents of Delhi-NCR support the idea of implementing a three-day complete lockdown with immediate effect in view of the hazardous air quality.
In response, 48 percent said yes and 52 percent said no.
Many ‘no’ respondents expressed that since the primary contributor to high AQI is stubble burning, imposing a lockdown in Delhi would not help much.
Those in favor of the lockdown believe that while the pollution caused by stubble burning cannot be removed in a very short time, limiting other activities like vehicles and construction etc. will go a long way in reducing pollution. Will help.
(Edited by Paramita Ghosh)
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