Pollution Problem in Delhi NCR
nah wahan pe pehle hi bahut rona dhona hota hai
just wanted to let it out of my system to make space for more pollution.
just wanted to let it out of my system to make space for more pollution.
work mostly
but I am working on it.@Sushubh this issue is not very high in any political party agenda + there is no quick fix so moving permanently would be the only solution.
Delhi Air Pollution: Real-time Air Quality Index Slow cancer for everyone
The best option of course is to move out. But you can take some steps to help yourself:
1) Use an affordable room purifier like the Sqair from smartairfilters.in. I use it in a bedroom even with a kitchen window semi-open and it works very well. Also before you go for any room purifier, you may want to look up the studies and experiment data on the website.
2) Pollution peaks in the night and is lower during the hours from 12PM to 7PM (see attached image). Plan most of the outdoor activity (if any) at that time. Also, its a good time to ventilate your house since it gets really bad outside those hours and one has to keep windows closed.
3) If you have to commute/step out when pollution is bad, use a mask. There's good data out there on which one to buy, etc.
I recently joined the funding for the latest room purifier project from smartairfilters: the Sqair on kickstarter:
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It was disappointing that despite so many people apparently concerned about pollution in India, there were only 18 supporters from India while there were over 60 from the US where pollution is a negligible problem if at all! Being a part of efforts like these (with no time and modest money commitment) also helps me avoid depression xD
For all the rants, I don't see the desire in India to solve the problem not even to the extent individually possible even within financial limits. It is also amusing to see the ruckus for one day of Diwali when the situation remains bad from Oct-mid to Feb. And its not a recent thing, I've been tracking for 4+ years now and Diwali is only a temporary problem. It stays bad until Feb probably due to open fires for heating and atmospheric conditions.
I thought Delhi was polluted beyond acceptable limits 10+ years back but it seems like the threshold at which people actually start complaining is awfully high! And most of it is ranting and complaining about relatively insignificant things like Diwali effect. Or expecting the govt to do something about it. Some things of course require govt action but one would expect to see significant private, community organization involvement too in a free country.
1) Use an affordable room purifier like the Sqair from smartairfilters.in. I use it in a bedroom even with a kitchen window semi-open and it works very well. Also before you go for any room purifier, you may want to look up the studies and experiment data on the website.
2) Pollution peaks in the night and is lower during the hours from 12PM to 7PM (see attached image). Plan most of the outdoor activity (if any) at that time. Also, its a good time to ventilate your house since it gets really bad outside those hours and one has to keep windows closed.
3) If you have to commute/step out when pollution is bad, use a mask. There's good data out there on which one to buy, etc.
I recently joined the funding for the latest room purifier project from smartairfilters: the Sqair on kickstarter:
Source
It was disappointing that despite so many people apparently concerned about pollution in India, there were only 18 supporters from India while there were over 60 from the US where pollution is a negligible problem if at all! Being a part of efforts like these (with no time and modest money commitment) also helps me avoid depression xD
For all the rants, I don't see the desire in India to solve the problem not even to the extent individually possible even within financial limits. It is also amusing to see the ruckus for one day of Diwali when the situation remains bad from Oct-mid to Feb. And its not a recent thing, I've been tracking for 4+ years now and Diwali is only a temporary problem. It stays bad until Feb probably due to open fires for heating and atmospheric conditions.
I thought Delhi was polluted beyond acceptable limits 10+ years back but it seems like the threshold at which people actually start complaining is awfully high! And most of it is ranting and complaining about relatively insignificant things like Diwali effect. Or expecting the govt to do something about it. Some things of course require govt action but one would expect to see significant private, community organization involvement too in a free country.
I'm partial to SmartAir as I've been following their evolution since the days it started with a guy wanting clean air for himself in Beijing. The guy posted all the data from his experiments and being a data nerd I enjoyed that very much. One can get a lot of good info from the "open data" section of the smartairfilters.in website even if they were to not buy anything from them.
There are many similar products out there though especially in the last 3-4 years and any will probably suffice so long as the user knows how to use the purifier effectively as there are a few dos and donts.
Mi 2C looks similarly spec'ed out but it has a noise level of 62db vs 53db for the Sqair. Also, the previous iteration of the Mi was effective only in the max mode but it would toggle between max and auto mode, the latter being very ineffective and it was a problem. And, the Mi filter is INR 2200 (with additional features which I don't feel are necessary) whereas the Sqair filter is 1490.
I like the SmartAir team and approach and have been using their products for many years so don't feel the need to look elsewhere. I can talk directly to one of their engineers if I have a question which I probably couldn't do with any corporate. But, yeah there are many good alternatives to choose from.
There are many similar products out there though especially in the last 3-4 years and any will probably suffice so long as the user knows how to use the purifier effectively as there are a few dos and donts.
Mi 2C looks similarly spec'ed out but it has a noise level of 62db vs 53db for the Sqair. Also, the previous iteration of the Mi was effective only in the max mode but it would toggle between max and auto mode, the latter being very ineffective and it was a problem. And, the Mi filter is INR 2200 (with additional features which I don't feel are necessary) whereas the Sqair filter is 1490.
I like the SmartAir team and approach and have been using their products for many years so don't feel the need to look elsewhere. I can talk directly to one of their engineers if I have a question which I probably couldn't do with any corporate. But, yeah there are many good alternatives to choose from.
