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Nuclear power is needed the most right now. Not just around Delhi, all coal fired power plants should be shut in northern India and should be replaced with indigenous PHWR700mw.
As an Environmental Engineer, I'm very happy that media is talking about "Inversion" phenomenon. My advice is Remove political influence from Pollution Control Boards and see the results.
Actually, if anything more is needed. People in the developing countries often pass the buck to politicians and sit idle which is actually ducking responsibility. All of us breathe the same air. A greater community engagement is the only way out. Issues can't be forced on leaders rather issues should produce leaders. Delhi is a living example of this principle in action (2014-Kejriwal). Alas, most Indians rank at the bottom of Maslow's hierarchy of needs and pollution is an "elite" concern.
"Remove political influence" will set things right not just wrt pollution control boards bt so many other boards and institutions. Easier said than done.
Thank you for researching and bringing out the facts straight to us. Hopefully the Delhi Government will also do "sukh mein simran" instead of just these winter months.
@@parvadhami980 Why only Delhi? There is pollution in all of North India, I live in Faridabad, the air is not better here. In fact I see more waste burning and haphazard construction problems here than Delhi. This is North India problem not a Delhi problem.
@@meetme59 Unfortunate but true. I had named the river Vrishabhavathi (flows in Bangalore) as Vishabharathi some 40 years back. I don't even want to think about it today! If every one of us are conscious of our individual actions, we can see some imorovement in our life time
Electric Ovens and Tandoors exist. There are gas powered versions of these also. Restaurants can continue using these or they can get tax benefit if they switch.
We need pollution to be our top priority. I don’t understand why the politicians in Delhi (center or state) do not pay attention. They breathe the same poisonous air. Thanks Shekhar ji for highlighting this. Could there be a series on ‘rise in pollution in India since last 50-70 years’?
*Shekharji, yesterday you spoke about Political Hindutva and ISIS.* Today BJP, Bajrang Dal vandalized Khurshid's home and set it on fire! If you still think Talibanization of Hindus has not begun, then god help our country! BJP provoked communal riots in my peaceful town of Amaravati! How far are these Hindutva goons going to fall for Power? Are we going to become soft version of Afghanistan?
@@nachiket9981 Even Supreme Court doesn’t dare enforce its ban on loud speakers on mosque. This is sending a message to all Hindus that only by being violent will their culture and traditions be respected and not stomped over by leftist judiciary
@@nachiket9981 you call Hindus terrorists but won’t see it as direct consequence of marginalisation and mocking your congress idiots inflicted on us for decades
@@bugsbunny8583 Marginalization Hindus? When? Where? 99% of the presidents, chief ministers, prime ministers, politicians, MLAs, MLCs, power brokers are all Hindus! When were we marginalized? In WhatsApp University? Or BJP IT CELL?
Delhi government, governments of all the states bordering delhi, and central government, all have to come together to solve such a huge problem. But, as we love politics more than the actual solutions we would play the blame game for the next 10-20 years.
Correct, all states are responsible and people just focus on Delhi. I live in Faridabad and I see so much violations of garbage burning and haphazard construction with no regards of the law that it is just mind boggling. And people just talk about Delhi all the time. It is a North India problem and not a Delhi problem.
@@jaswindersinghnarula4379 precisely Delhites are full of themselves. First they kill the Yamuna by letting the Najafgarh drain shit into the Yamuna and now they think can boss around telling others to adjust.
It is not just Delhi and surrounding states. Over centralization of Indian administration means all the power is in Delhi and consequently all businesses gravitate to where the power is and the people follow. Decentralize and you will see some of the industry move out and automatically the pollution problem will abate
@@meta5291 the population of Delhi is approaching 30 million. That is more than several countries. The growth rate is unsustainable. India has a large bureaucracy most of who settle down around Delhi. These guys r super influential and drive up investments in Delhi as it is to their benefit. Take Asian games for ex. They happen in Delhi, not in any other city. The bureaucrats want to control all aspects of the games so they benefit the most in the massive spending. This is just an example. At the end of the day it is the quality of life. It gets worse in the cities during winter. I used to live in Hyderabad, the traffic was unbearable. It takes hours to advance 2-3 Kms sometimes. Corrupt municipal authorities pave way for uncontrolled growth with out any investment in infrastructure which is very difficult to build after cities outgrow.
Patakas still need to be blamed. Okay, imagine a scenario where the pollution of Delhi is now solved. Its clean AQI year around, I still wouldn’t wanna wake up the next day of Diwali with fragments of burnt sulphur and cracker particulate in the air. Delhi NCR is geographically disadvantaged when it comes to air quality so burning crackers is luxury we rationally cant afford. Crackers in every gali of delhi in a windless and winter night is on its own hazardous for your neighborhood.
@@kaustubhshukla6462 Go ahead blame crackers along with Industries that power your home Tandoors that make your food cars that you drive/other means of transport you use construction done by Companies you work for trash that you through out etc etc etc blaming diwali and crackers for air pollution in north india is either lazy ignorant or bigoted
*Shekharji, yesterday you spoke about Political Hindutva and ISIS.* Today BJP, Bajrang Dal vandalized Khurshid's home and set it on fire! If you still think Talibanization of Hindus has not begun, then god help our country! BJP provoked communal riots in my peaceful town of Amaravati! How far are these Hindutva goons going to fall for Power? Are we going to become soft version of Afghanistan?
I lived in Singapore for 3 years. Whatever is recommended by IIT is followed ( barring stubble, which is absent there) there. It is Governance lapse in Delhi with capital G.
I have previously worked in coal fired power plants for 5-6 years. My job was ash disposal and measurement of emissions. So,I would like to add over here one point and that is coal fired power plants emit mercury oxides in small quantities(measured in grams/tonnes) which eventually form soluble compounds in the nearby rivers or lakes. It goes into the food chain of human population via fishes. So there is just one word of caution here- know the source of your food if you can
A honest true representation. Kudos The Print (and SG) for the efforts all around. Tailpiece: We the people should also remember that all problems are not because of politicians and Governments can’t solve all problems without the help of “we the people”.
Please do a story about three best police stations declared by Ministry of Home Affairs in India for 2021. It may help in improving the functioning of police at Police Station level.
Gusain jee, what about declaring top police stations for implementing environmental compliance and enforcement practices in the forefront !! It is said that a society gets police it deserves. similar is the case of pollution, we all deserve it collectively !!!
@@urbantalesindiaJagdish jee, I think already there are agencies that look after environmental issues. Yes, those who are doing good work must be appreciated.
Now that Delhi has a Chief Minister with IIT back-ground and all the powers and resources, a rare opportunity for any one, can he not come up with some solution?.It does not ,however, mean the onus is only on him and Central Govt is exonerated from all the responsibility. It only means that setting aside the politics, Kejriwal 's should be given a central role to play in collaboration with various International agencies to solve the problem. Further the people would also be curious to know the system of pollution in other cities also.
Problem is that people perceive it to be only Delhi problem which it is not. So all questions are to Delhi government or Central. No one asks from Haryana, Punjab & UP government as what have they done about this. I live in Faridabad and I see so many violations of garbage burning and construction site violations. Why no focus on these states? I dont see any environment ministers from these states on news channels. It is a North India problem and we all should treat it like that and then only we can do something about it.
Kejriwal government is like everything wrong happening in Delhi is because of Central Government . Then the solution of every problem is to do a press conference and start blaming others for it .
He clearly accepted that it's their problem. He never shies away from accepting mistaking. Plus he has a solution to stubble burning which the governments aren't using. He isn't perfect but then he is better than the rest ✊
This problem is largely related to the general lawless in our country, that is the inability on the part of the government (both central and other levels) to enforce laws affecting every day life of citizens. Countless home power generators also add to the smog problem. India needs to look at other developing countries in South Asia and learn how they combat this problem. Also the British colonial era police and court system across the country need to be modernized soon for the rapid economic transformation.
Excellent synopsis Shekhar ji and great reference of the IIT study so clear as day. Our politicians know all this but obviously don't care ...they live in relatively cleaner Lutyens Delhi...most of the more opulent areas are less smoggy but ultimately it is killing all of us. The lack of solid action like even cleaning the road dust, reducing coal burning, paving roadsides, cleaner construction rules is truly pathetic.
India needs strict enforcement of emission laws. These harmful pollutants are released all year long, its only in winters when the wind flow is stagnant these particulates settle down and result in smog. Stubble Burning and crackers etc etc are just cherries on top.
Sir please don't use digital background..it's really nice to see you sitting in your office or residence or terrace(we know it's not possible now due to pollution)
19:26 The waste burning in landfill sites is not done manually, it happens on its own because of methane production (the fires on Gazipur, North Delhi landfill sites etc) - that is what causes pollution.
Shekhar Gupta's analysis is excellent but there is one glaring omission in it, which the IIT Kanpur committee also forgot to take into account or for that matter nobody is thinking about it. That is burning of coal, wood and uplaas in thousands of villages hy lacs of households in North India which also contribute to pollution in a big way. One has to go to any village during this period to find out how polluted is the air over there. Slow diffusion almost equalises the pollution level all over North India. Regarding burning of Palali by farmers : there is no open space in the villages where Palali can be stacked. Since the farmer has to clear the field and sow the next crop within next 15-20 days, he has no other alternative than to burn the crop. However there can be some other solutions suggested by a few specialists.
Burning of garbage is not the problem, every country does it but they do it in a proper waste incineration plant where it it properly treated. Don't think your garbage waste can just sit there at the edge of the city growing in size day by day. What a pretty view of a mountain of garbage and smell is on another level itself.
@v you should have asked me how I know it I would have been happy to tell you but all you are interested in is trolling. Afterall it's fun isn't it to speak out of your ass
Congratulations on a very good article/program. First person in recent history I have seen trying to delve into the problem scientifically. But few comments: First of all I would welcome SC intervention. We still remember how CNG helped. Any ways but the message for CAG/SC asking why we are blaming the farmer is an incorrect/diversionary question. No one is blaming the poor farmer. We need to blame (and are actually blaming) the government who has sufficient money and a solution and still unable to implement the known scientific solution. This is not the farmer. We need to blame (and punish) the not-so-poor but disobedient/uncaring farmer(s) and people goading them to disobey and not do the right thing for the stubble. Unfortunately politician use the diversion to poor to save their wealthy notorious/crony farmers - this needs to be heavily fined/stopped. But most importantly I take all government reports with a grain of salt (even scientific). They always downplay the crony industrialists else such reports are not released. So I am not sure if scientific paper (peer reviewed is 100% correct). A fact in front of us is that in lockdown, all rivers (including Yamuna) became clean and so did the air and we could see Himalayas (200-300 kms away). If so, people's sewage did not stop. What stopped was industrialist activities. That are polluting rivers and earning profits at others cost. So first principle a polluter needs to pay for the loss (much higher but diffused) he is causing for his much smaller (but concentrated) gain. Next all buses or public transport systems in Delhi should become electric (forced) even if they cost more (like CNG). All the simple construction, road, mcd (burning of waste) should be done immediately and penalties imposed (by courts) on departments not able to perform. Regular monitoring needs to happen. Stringer power plants effluent reduction targets (which are still not being set aggressively - government sitting on them) should be enforced and ordered by courts. Last but not the least any government official and politician playing diversionary tactics or doing politics should be made an example of and be heavily fined (by courts) so that this behavior is stopped and real action/debates happen. The standard diversionary, delaying, will get fixed by itself and everybody will go silent attitude in government/judicial office has to be fixed. There are laws and people not enforcing them or sitting on them. They need to be help accountable by court. Only then things will start to move.
Dear SG, this episode is highly informative and is very relevant. If any Tedex type video can be made out of it, it will become viral and make a long standing impact on Delhi's pollution crisis by improving awareness and introspection by all.
It's high time that someone should break it to the "woke crowd" that "wokeness" cannot be restricted to Twitter, FB, comfy cushions, and ACs. It is similar to the COP26. Giving up luxuries for some time would go a long way to curb pollution than seasonal outbursts on firecrackers
Well at least the "woke" crowd is trying. Most "Not-woke" politicians are in the pockets of industrialists and ignore pollution norms in exchange for political funds. Our Supreme leader did not attend any meeting for Clean Ganga Project. activist GD Agarwal, who was on an indefinite fast to urge the government to clean river Ganga, died. No tweet or reaction from Supreme leader. "Bhaiyo bahano, mujhe Ma Ganga ne bulaya hai!"
@@nachiket9981 And who do you think is cleaning the Ganga? Almost 11500 crores were spent to clean Ganga. The sewage treatment capacity of 1862 million liters per day is already installed. Of course, it ain't enough but way more than "wokes" ever did.
@Devil really? Ban this and ban that? Comibg from a vakt?while your whole business is based on boycotts? Liberals asking for ban of crackers for the sake of environment is so bad? Then why only after burnibg crackers delhi suffers? Did you do phd in blame game?
It's a 2015 study. I think LPG connections would have gone much higher in 2021. so I doubt if Tandoors/coal usage is as high. Also, many industries (thermal power plants) were shut down in the past few years
@@jaswindersinghnarula4379 Yes. But Delhi, Punjab and Haryana are states with high per capita income. I would assume a lot of usage. Probably UP might be a bit lagging there.
@@uaeindi I have a lobour colony just in front of my house (government made 1 room set) and almost all of them cook their food on traditional chulhas with either upplas or wood. So all in NCR are not using LPG and I know. And these people also burn their waste despite being told to not do so. And I live in Faridabad, but no one asks any questions to CM of Haryana, only Delhi is in the news.
Very well researched & solution based .....for a change we have a media person talking solutions......else mostly they constantly whine about problems....Grtt job SG 👍🙏
I very well remember the insane discomfort to breathe during this time of the year in Varanasi. Varanasi is located in East UP. We generally only focus on Delhi. But this problem is extremely huge. Air quality is very very bad throughout North India. Especially, from parts of Punjab, Hariyana to Delhi and Uttarpradesh. Luckily, I don't live in North India anymore. But, I feel how can people live in almost a gas chamber like environment all the time. WE NEED TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE AT THE EARLIEST AND TRY TO AVOID EVERY SUCH ACTIONS THAT INCREASES THE POLLUTION. I ALSO THINK THAT THE PEOPLE LIVING IN NORTH INDIA KIND OF IGNORE THIS AS IF IT'S OKAY TO BREATHE SUCH AIR OR THEY ARE IMMUNE TO LUNG CANCER!!
I think the deeper issue is the excessive construction and concretisation that eventually leads to denser population thus more vehicles on the road. We need to decentralise Delhi and develop adjoining areas instead.
People of big cities such as Delhi Hyderabad, Lucknow and Ahmedabad choking on poisonous air while the government preferring keeping coal fired plants open.
Brilliant report! Air pollution is serious and is dangerous for us 365days a year. It doesn't take any holidays unfortunately. But we take a lot of breaks from common sense by fighting among each other rather than hold politicians accountable on pollution and making votes dependable on performance on pollution. At least people in delhi ncr should do that - votes for pollution reduction that's the only way to get politicians to get their heads out of their ass and get down to solving this mess rather than passing the buck!
hi shekhar. this is good stuff. is there cut the clutter planned for why there is a huge backlog of court cases in India. or, why does court cases take so long ?
Going by Indian media reports I thought only Delhi has worst pollution crisis but then I saw sultanpur air show yesterday how fighter planes were flying in smog 600kms from Delhi in a open field and thus came to know that its about the whole north India but we only talk about Delhi for a particular reason
The logic is simple. If it is not the priority of voting papulation ... It will not get solved. In democracy, people need to make it a priority. For most people, free food, free electricity are priorities and voye for it.
Thanks for clarifying a lot of things. It would have been great if you had also ascribed some responsibility to the various sources of pollution wherever possible. Like, out of the Delhi Government/ Municipal corporations etc. what is falling between stools. who is responsible for which aspect / source and should therefore be held responsible. I guess, most of us don’t know that very clearly. It’s such a critical issue, request you to consider my suggestion when you are covering this topic next time..
Although CTC is hard to imagine without Shekhar Gupta, I suggest to include Other team members of the print to start making decluttering episodes on specialized topics. Nothing wrong with Mr. Shekhar's explanation and this is also one of the best episodes of CTC , but now I think on the occassional/experimental basis episodes of CTC needs to be published by other journalist of the team. The print needs to make multiple journalist of team as popular as Mr. Gupta to increase the reach. The print has become synonymous with Mr. Shekhar Gupta and I see this channel in line with other informational channel like The economist,Insider, The wall street journals. We go to watch these channel for content and not by who is presenting those content. Similarly The print has to become largely known for its content and not only by Shekhar sir.
Please you bar charts in description.. they are more attactive and informative ... Pie chart feels ugly in the sence, they don't give the clearer picture.
Pollution in Delhi NCR, is the end result of over population. Pollution is nothing but a form of waste generated by ever increasing population. All across the developed world, cost of living in capital cities is more then rest of the country. India desires to achieve what developing world has but populist government in capital will destroy everything. Electricity, water subsidies will attract people from across India and whatever solution listed in this video, will be felt inadequate after a while. So real solution besides these is to build good employment opportunities outside the capital, new well planned cities, thereby leading to decongestion of Delhi. And ofcourse discouraging all populism in Delhi... Nice forensic analysis though, well appreciated.....
Does this analysis apply to Mumbai? In Mumbai we constantly have a cold. Especially Borivli area due to reckless real estate activity. Even after the cold is long gone, there is cough and heaviness in the throat/chest.
Timeline for Mandatory installation of flue gas desulphurisation devices in our thermal power plants is being constantly postponed by the Union govt...
Thanks Sir, please make this video in Hindi also so majority of common people get this important message and the breakdown of factors that cause pollution all year around... Hopefully then more people put this at the top of their agenda while voting and hence govt is compelled to take action at least against the easy options... Thanks
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Nuclear power is needed the most right now. Not just around Delhi, all coal fired power plants should be shut in northern India and should be replaced with indigenous PHWR700mw.
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As an Environmental Engineer, I'm very happy that media is talking about "Inversion" phenomenon. My advice is Remove political influence from Pollution Control Boards and see the results.
Actually, if anything more is needed. People in the developing countries often pass the buck to politicians and sit idle which is actually ducking responsibility. All of us breathe the same air. A greater community engagement is the only way out. Issues can't be forced on leaders rather issues should produce leaders. Delhi is a living example of this principle in action (2014-Kejriwal). Alas, most Indians rank at the bottom of Maslow's hierarchy of needs and pollution is an "elite" concern.
"Remove political influence" will set things right not just wrt pollution control boards bt so many other boards and institutions. Easier said than done.
@@kindwarrior6484 Agree As long as common people have political leanings, no sphere will be left without being political. This is the basic problem.
Thank you for researching and bringing out the facts straight to us. Hopefully the Delhi Government will also do "sukh mein simran" instead of just these winter months.
Conduct the elections on mid November to December. We can drastically see the improvement
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Delhi elections are in February. Which means air pollution still persists ,yet no improvement 🤷🏼♂️
@@parvadhami980 Why only Delhi? There is pollution in all of North India, I live in Faridabad, the air is not better here. In fact I see more waste burning and haphazard construction problems here than Delhi. This is North India problem not a Delhi problem.
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Humble request: on 100th birth anniversary of Dr. Verghese Kurien, kindly make a detailed video on his work and why it is prevalent.
Let's not forget the toxic foam in yamuna while focussing on the smog🙂🙂
In no other state is a river treated this badly, holyshit UP has aliens from another planet
@@iamrobot396 ever seen bengaluru lakes, they catch fire 🔥
@@meetme59 lake is a river acc to you 😂
@@meetme59 Unfortunate but true. I had named the river Vrishabhavathi (flows in Bangalore) as Vishabharathi some 40 years back. I don't even want to think about it today! If every one of us are conscious of our individual actions, we can see some imorovement in our life time
I lived in Delhi when i saw that happening and it was 12 years back. Too busy giving everything free, even pollution
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Electric Ovens and Tandoors exist. There are gas powered versions of these also. Restaurants can continue using these or they can get tax benefit if they switch.
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We need pollution to be our top priority. I don’t understand why the politicians in Delhi (center or state) do not pay attention. They breathe the same poisonous air. Thanks Shekhar ji for highlighting this.
Could there be a series on ‘rise in pollution in India since last 50-70 years’?
*Shekharji, yesterday you spoke about Political Hindutva and ISIS.* Today BJP, Bajrang Dal vandalized Khurshid's home and set it on fire! If you still think Talibanization of Hindus has not begun, then god help our country! BJP provoked communal riots in my peaceful town of Amaravati!
How far are these Hindutva goons going to fall for Power? Are we going to become soft version of Afghanistan?
@@nachiket9981 If Salman shown the same respect to the sensitivity of Hindus as he does for Muslims and Christians, then maybe this won’t have happen
@@nachiket9981 Even Supreme Court doesn’t dare enforce its ban on loud speakers on mosque. This is sending a message to all Hindus that only by being violent will their culture and traditions be respected and not stomped over by leftist judiciary
@@nachiket9981 you call Hindus terrorists but won’t see it as direct consequence of marginalisation and mocking your congress idiots inflicted on us for decades
@@bugsbunny8583 Marginalization Hindus? When? Where? 99% of the presidents, chief ministers, prime ministers, politicians, MLAs, MLCs, power brokers are all Hindus! When were we marginalized? In WhatsApp University? Or BJP IT CELL?
Delhi government, governments of all the states bordering delhi, and central government, all have to come together to solve such a huge problem. But, as we love politics more than the actual solutions we would play the blame game for the next 10-20 years.
Correct, all states are responsible and people just focus on Delhi. I live in Faridabad and I see so much violations of garbage burning and haphazard construction with no regards of the law that it is just mind boggling. And people just talk about Delhi all the time. It is a North India problem and not a Delhi problem.
It is not only a Delhi problem. All the major metropolitan regions choke in smoke the whole winter season.
@@jaswindersinghnarula4379 precisely Delhites are full of themselves. First they kill the Yamuna by letting the Najafgarh drain shit into the Yamuna and now they think can boss around telling others to adjust.
It is not just Delhi and surrounding states. Over centralization of Indian administration means all the power is in Delhi and consequently all businesses gravitate to where the power is and the people follow.
Decentralize and you will see some of the industry move out and automatically the pollution problem will abate
@@meta5291 the population of Delhi is approaching 30 million. That is more than several countries. The growth rate is unsustainable.
India has a large bureaucracy most of who settle down around Delhi. These guys r super influential and drive up investments in Delhi as it is to their benefit. Take Asian games for ex. They happen in Delhi, not in any other city. The bureaucrats want to control all aspects of the games so they benefit the most in the massive spending. This is just an example.
At the end of the day it is the quality of life. It gets worse in the cities during winter. I used to live in Hyderabad, the traffic was unbearable. It takes hours to advance 2-3 Kms sometimes. Corrupt municipal authorities pave way for uncontrolled growth with out any investment in infrastructure which is very difficult to build after cities outgrow.
Much needed topic for ctc, if only all liberals addressed the issue completely like this rather than blaming only Patakas for political purposes
Lefto-Liberal cabals and the so-called woke crowd. Normal liberal and progressives know the difference
Patakas still need to be blamed. Okay, imagine a scenario where the pollution of Delhi is now solved. Its clean AQI year around, I still wouldn’t wanna wake up the next day of Diwali with fragments of burnt sulphur and cracker particulate in the air. Delhi NCR is geographically disadvantaged when it comes to air quality so burning crackers is luxury we rationally cant afford. Crackers in every gali of delhi in a windless and winter night is on its own hazardous for your neighborhood.
@@mizisawesome8442 tu cuss karna band karega?
@@kaustubhshukla6462 Go ahead blame crackers along with Industries that power your home Tandoors that make your food cars that you drive/other means of transport you use construction done by Companies you work for trash that you through out etc etc etc blaming diwali and crackers for air pollution in north india is either lazy ignorant or bigoted
*Shekharji, yesterday you spoke about Political Hindutva and ISIS.* Today BJP, Bajrang Dal vandalized Khurshid's home and set it on fire! If you still think Talibanization of Hindus has not begun, then god help our country! BJP provoked communal riots in my peaceful town of Amaravati!
How far are these Hindutva goons going to fall for Power? Are we going to become soft version of Afghanistan?
Immensely balanced. Objectively analysed in totality. Technicals made "lok-bhogya" so well. Thank you. Congratulations SGji.
I lived in Singapore for 3 years. Whatever is recommended by IIT is followed ( barring stubble, which is absent there) there. It is Governance lapse in Delhi with capital G.
Isn't it affected by burning from Indonesia
With the center for ever playing the quintessential shakuni mama .... The public suffers?! .... Kya aata jaata hai?!
I have previously worked in coal fired power plants for 5-6 years. My job was ash disposal and measurement of emissions. So,I would like to add over here one point and that is coal fired power plants emit mercury oxides in small quantities(measured in grams/tonnes) which eventually form soluble compounds in the nearby rivers or lakes. It goes into the food chain of human population via fishes. So there is just one word of caution here- know the source of your food if you can
Bhai, saans nahi le sakte, chicken nahi kha sakte ab fish bhi nahi..
Ashish Tiwari: Most Indians are veggies anyway.
@@talkthetalk3798 74 % of indians eat meat
So it’s not Deepwali crackers
Superb analyses. Facts and data. No conjecture, no grandstanding, no wokisms. What a pleasant experience
A honest true representation. Kudos The Print (and SG) for the efforts all around.
Tailpiece: We the people should also remember that all problems are not because of politicians and Governments can’t solve all problems without the help of “we the people”.
Thank you for this episode. The outrage is well justified. Every1 is just talking about pollution and it's only getting worse and worse 🙏
One winter he'll be shooting this video using infrared camera cos normal camera won't see him. ☁🌫
@@meta5291 LOL. It's only getting worse, you can see. Killing farmers, a new low...
Guptaji. A minor correction. PM2.5 and PM10 refers to microns which is micrometers and NOT micrograms.
He at least got half right: micro
Today I realized how Kejriwal has been fooling the public in Delhi...
It's false check the data...
Ghar ghar Modi 🤣🤣
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Please do a story about three best police stations declared by Ministry of Home Affairs in India for 2021. It may help in improving the functioning of police at Police Station level.
Gusain jee, what about declaring top police stations for implementing environmental compliance and enforcement practices in the forefront !! It is said that a society gets police it deserves. similar is the case of pollution, we all deserve it collectively !!!
@@urbantalesindiaJagdish jee, I think already there are agencies that look after environmental issues. Yes, those who are doing good work must be appreciated.
Now that Delhi has a Chief Minister with IIT back-ground and all the powers and resources, a rare opportunity for any one, can he not come up with some solution?.It does not ,however, mean the onus is only on him and Central Govt is exonerated from all the responsibility. It only means that setting aside the politics, Kejriwal 's should be given a central role to play in collaboration with various International agencies to solve the problem. Further the people would also be curious to know the system of pollution in other cities also.
Problem is that people perceive it to be only Delhi problem which it is not. So all questions are to Delhi government or Central. No one asks from Haryana, Punjab & UP government as what have they done about this. I live in Faridabad and I see so many violations of garbage burning and construction site violations. Why no focus on these states? I dont see any environment ministers from these states on news channels. It is a North India problem and we all should treat it like that and then only we can do something about it.
Kejriwal government is like everything wrong happening in Delhi is because of Central Government . Then the solution of every problem is to do a press conference and start blaming others for it .
He clearly accepted that it's their problem. He never shies away from accepting mistaking. Plus he has a solution to stubble burning which the governments aren't using. He isn't perfect but then he is better than the rest ✊
@Susan Joseph it's politics . You can't be as clean as milk. I mean there are 1000s pulling you down. He has to be political :/.
@Marxist Me that's actually false do you even know how much 1000 crores is 🤦
@@arishtranka3271 Kejriwal bhakt 🤮
A society that is obsessed with identity issues involving religion, caste,etc. deserves this. Maybe this restores their senses.
This problem is largely related to the general lawless in our country, that is the inability on the part of the government (both central and other levels) to enforce laws affecting every day life of citizens. Countless home power generators also add to the smog problem. India needs to look at other developing countries in South Asia and learn how they combat this problem. Also the British colonial era police and court system across the country need to be modernized soon for the rapid economic transformation.
Only when the last tree has been cut down, the last fish been caught, and the last stream poisoned, will we realize we cannot eat money. 💯
We will be long dead before that
What a way to cut the clutter
Real journalism
So the majority offender is the tandoor. Who would have thought that.
Brilliant piece as always, well done @ThePrint
Delhi air pollution is like the flooding and unsolved water logging in Chennai in November-December.
Excellent synopsis Shekhar ji and great reference of the IIT study so clear as day. Our politicians know all this but obviously don't care ...they live in relatively cleaner Lutyens Delhi...most of the more opulent areas are less smoggy but ultimately it is killing all of us. The lack of solid action like even cleaning the road dust, reducing coal burning, paving roadsides, cleaner construction rules is truly pathetic.
so is the lack of outrage among the people...there are people willing to hit the streets over bs religious issues but not for this....
India needs strict enforcement of emission laws. These harmful pollutants are released all year long, its only in winters when the wind flow is stagnant these particulates settle down and result in smog. Stubble Burning and crackers etc etc are just cherries on top.
@@roh_1111 especially Delhi side … everyone’s chacha is a MLA or councilor etc
Could not agree more with you SG. Unfortunately, our leaders and even our judiciary are just not asking the right questions
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SG : The issue with seeing this challenge is...
Me : The issue is the challenge with seeing itself 😂
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Thanks Print for highlighting sections of images. Good to see comment section feedbacks being listened to. Kudos to viewers too.
Very well researched , as usual!
Water of yamuna or air of the city..kejriwal is not taking these issues seriously
much awaited analysis
As I said earlier, Shekharji thinks about Indias air pollution problem only when he starts coughing.
Sir please don't use digital background..it's really nice to see you sitting in your office or residence or terrace(we know it's not possible now due to pollution)
19:26 The waste burning in landfill sites is not done manually, it happens on its own because of methane production (the fires on Gazipur, North Delhi landfill sites etc) - that is what causes pollution.
We need to do lot in waste disposal to avoid that. And do you expect MCD to do something about it?
Shekhar Gupta's analysis is excellent but there is one glaring omission in it, which the IIT Kanpur committee also forgot to take into account or for that matter nobody is thinking about it. That is burning of coal, wood and uplaas in thousands of villages hy lacs of households in North India which also contribute to pollution in a big way. One has to go to any village during this period to find out how polluted is the air over there. Slow diffusion almost equalises the pollution level all over North India.
Regarding burning of Palali by farmers : there is no open space in the villages where Palali can be stacked. Since the farmer has to clear the field and sow the next crop within next 15-20 days, he has no other alternative than to burn the crop. However there can be some other solutions suggested by a few specialists.
Burning of garbage is not the problem, every country does it but they do it in a proper waste incineration plant where it it properly treated. Don't think your garbage waste can just sit there at the edge of the city growing in size day by day. What a pretty view of a mountain of garbage and smell is on another level itself.
@v you should have asked me how I know it I would have been happy to tell you but all you are interested in is trolling. Afterall it's fun isn't it to speak out of your ass
Sir
It is reason of freebies
Because in 10 years nothing is done on city infrastructure
Congratulations on a very good article/program. First person in recent history I have seen trying to delve into the problem scientifically. But few comments: First of all I would welcome SC intervention. We still remember how CNG helped. Any ways but the message for CAG/SC asking why we are blaming the farmer is an incorrect/diversionary question. No one is blaming the poor farmer. We need to blame (and are actually blaming) the government who has sufficient money and a solution and still unable to implement the known scientific solution. This is not the farmer. We need to blame (and punish) the not-so-poor but disobedient/uncaring farmer(s) and people goading them to disobey and not do the right thing for the stubble. Unfortunately politician use the diversion to poor to save their wealthy notorious/crony farmers - this needs to be heavily fined/stopped. But most importantly I take all government reports with a grain of salt (even scientific). They always downplay the crony industrialists else such reports are not released. So I am not sure if scientific paper (peer reviewed is 100% correct). A fact in front of us is that in lockdown, all rivers (including Yamuna) became clean and so did the air and we could see Himalayas (200-300 kms away). If so, people's sewage did not stop. What stopped was industrialist activities. That are polluting rivers and earning profits at others cost. So first principle a polluter needs to pay for the loss (much higher but diffused) he is causing for his much smaller (but concentrated) gain. Next all buses or public transport systems in Delhi should become electric (forced) even if they cost more (like CNG). All the simple construction, road, mcd (burning of waste) should be done immediately and penalties imposed (by courts) on departments not able to perform. Regular monitoring needs to happen. Stringer power plants effluent reduction targets (which are still not being set aggressively - government sitting on them) should be enforced and ordered by courts.
Last but not the least any government official and politician playing diversionary tactics or doing politics should be made an example of and be heavily fined (by courts) so that this behavior is stopped and real action/debates happen. The standard diversionary, delaying, will get fixed by itself and everybody will go silent attitude in government/judicial office has to be fixed. There are laws and people not enforcing them or sitting on them. They need to be help accountable by court. Only then things will start to move.
I think the government must stop all the meetings, and just watch this video and start implementing. Brilliant Sir.
Another gem by SG
Dear SG, this episode is highly informative and is very relevant. If any Tedex type video can be made out of it, it will become viral and make a long standing impact on Delhi's pollution crisis by improving awareness and introspection by all.
Yeaa👌🏻
Very nice and fact based news report. As always it cut the clutter about this Smog debate
The Doha!!! Too good. Nice report.
Amazing... 😊🙌🏻
It's high time that someone should break it to the "woke crowd" that "wokeness" cannot be restricted to Twitter, FB, comfy cushions, and ACs. It is similar to the COP26. Giving up luxuries for some time would go a long way to curb pollution than seasonal outbursts on firecrackers
Well at least the "woke" crowd is trying. Most "Not-woke" politicians are in the pockets of industrialists and ignore pollution norms in exchange for political funds.
Our Supreme leader did not attend any meeting for Clean Ganga Project. activist GD Agarwal, who was on an indefinite fast to urge the government to clean river Ganga, died. No tweet or reaction from Supreme leader.
"Bhaiyo bahano, mujhe Ma Ganga ne bulaya hai!"
@@nachiket9981 They are trying ? What ?
@@nachiket9981 And who do you think is cleaning the Ganga? Almost 11500 crores were spent to clean Ganga. The sewage treatment capacity of 1862 million liters per day is already installed. Of course, it ain't enough but way more than "wokes" ever did.
@Devil really? Ban this and ban that? Comibg from a vakt?while your whole business is based on boycotts? Liberals asking for ban of crackers for the sake of environment is so bad? Then why only after burnibg crackers delhi suffers? Did you do phd in blame game?
I didnt know data and I thought Diwali and Firing farms were main reason for this pollution. Thanks for bringing out data .
Dr. Onkar Dixit (7:58) was our tutor for the Introductory level Computer Science course in IIT Kanpur.
Educated. Thanks. Pl send to SC judges and cabinet ministers in Delhi & Central Gots.
It's a 2015 study. I think LPG connections would have gone much higher in 2021. so I doubt if Tandoors/coal usage is as high. Also, many industries (thermal power plants) were shut down in the past few years
Connections yes, usage of LPG with current prices, highly doubt that.
@@jaswindersinghnarula4379 Yes. But Delhi, Punjab and Haryana are states with high per capita income. I would assume a lot of usage. Probably UP might be a bit lagging there.
@@uaeindi I have a lobour colony just in front of my house (government made 1 room set) and almost all of them cook their food on traditional chulhas with either upplas or wood. So all in NCR are not using LPG and I know. And these people also burn their waste despite being told to not do so. And I live in Faridabad, but no one asks any questions to CM of Haryana, only Delhi is in the news.
@@jaswindersinghnarula4379 Ok. makes sense then
About time, We cannot have solutions which are for a short term. Great and detailed analysis of the Pollution Crisis. Thanks @ the print.
This is the 3 season of this delhi pollution good to hear
Inversion is KEY. You dealt so little on it.
I liked this episode. Well said👍
Very well researched & solution based .....for a change we have a media person talking solutions......else mostly they constantly whine about problems....Grtt job SG 👍🙏
I know Vaudeville for two reasons,
1) Hollywood films 1940s and heavy does of Vaudeville.
2) In WWE, there was a tag team of a similar name.
A very timely CTC. Keep up the good work SG 😎👍🏻
Excellent episode. Thank you!
I very well remember the insane discomfort to breathe during this time of the year in Varanasi.
Varanasi is located in East UP. We generally only focus on Delhi. But this problem is extremely huge. Air quality is very very bad throughout North India. Especially, from parts of Punjab, Hariyana to Delhi and Uttarpradesh.
Luckily, I don't live in North India anymore. But, I feel how can people live in almost a gas chamber like environment all the time.
WE NEED TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE AT THE EARLIEST AND TRY TO AVOID EVERY SUCH ACTIONS THAT INCREASES THE POLLUTION.
I ALSO THINK THAT THE PEOPLE LIVING IN NORTH INDIA KIND OF IGNORE THIS AS IF IT'S OKAY TO BREATHE SUCH AIR OR THEY ARE IMMUNE TO LUNG CANCER!!
People everywhere ignore it equally. But East, West and South have the sea which the North doesn't.
That tandoori chicken bit got me 🤣.
To rephrase the doha that you quoted:
नवंबर मे pollution सब कहे, साल भर कहे न कोई
जो साल भर pollution कहे, तो नवंबर बूरा न होय।।
I think the deeper issue is the excessive construction and concretisation that eventually leads to denser population thus more vehicles on the road.
We need to decentralise Delhi and develop adjoining areas instead.
People of big cities such as Delhi Hyderabad, Lucknow and Ahmedabad choking on poisonous air while the government preferring keeping coal fired plants open.
Hyderabad? hyderabad aqi rarely cross 100
Thank you, Sir. I'll jot down these lesser talked about points which will surely be of mighty help in the upcoming Mains exam.
Well presented without hype
Real News is here! ❤
Shekarji please do an episode on Gadchiroli incident and attack on convoy of assam rifles commander in Manipur
He wont
Solutions for Delhi's Air Pollution 18:39
I always new that most pollution is from dust otherwise London New York etc all would have same pollution
Brilliant report! Air pollution is serious and is dangerous for us 365days a year. It doesn't take any holidays unfortunately. But we take a lot of breaks from common sense by fighting among each other rather than hold politicians accountable on pollution and making votes dependable on performance on pollution. At least people in delhi ncr should do that - votes for pollution reduction that's the only way to get politicians to get their heads out of their ass and get down to solving this mess rather than passing the buck!
23.00-if it is so, please repeat this video in February-March when air quality improves.
hi shekhar. this is good stuff.
is there cut the clutter planned for why there is a huge backlog of court cases in India. or, why does court cases take so long ?
Glad Born In South India , Clean Air ,Good life
good for you, brother...doesn't help the rest though :)
I love this channel
IN THE END you always say the right things. Only request, please don’t make it so long winding. Can get to the point faster I’m sure.
Going by Indian media reports I thought only Delhi has worst pollution crisis but then I saw sultanpur air show yesterday how fighter planes were flying in smog 600kms from Delhi in a open field and thus came to know that its about the whole north India but we only talk about Delhi for a particular reason
The logic is simple. If it is not the priority of voting papulation ... It will not get solved. In democracy, people need to make it a priority. For most people, free food, free electricity are priorities and voye for it.
Thanks for clarifying a lot of things. It would have been great if you had also ascribed some responsibility to the various sources of pollution wherever possible. Like, out of the Delhi Government/ Municipal corporations etc. what is falling between stools. who is responsible for which aspect / source and should therefore be held responsible. I guess, most of us don’t know that very clearly. It’s such a critical issue, request you to consider my suggestion when you are covering this topic next time..
Although CTC is hard to imagine without Shekhar Gupta, I suggest to include Other team members of the print to start making decluttering episodes on specialized topics. Nothing wrong with Mr. Shekhar's explanation and this is also one of the best episodes of CTC , but now I think on the occassional/experimental basis episodes of CTC needs to be published by other journalist of the team. The print needs to make multiple journalist of team as popular as Mr. Gupta to increase the reach.
The print has become synonymous with Mr. Shekhar Gupta and I see this channel in line with other informational channel like The economist,Insider, The wall street journals. We go to watch these channel for content and not by who is presenting those content. Similarly The print has to become largely known for its content and not only by Shekhar sir.
Please you bar charts in description.. they are more attactive and informative ... Pie chart feels ugly in the sence, they don't give the clearer picture.
Pollution in Delhi NCR, is the end result of over population. Pollution is nothing but a form of waste generated by ever increasing population. All across the developed world, cost of living in capital cities is more then rest of the country. India desires to achieve what developing world has but populist government in capital will destroy everything. Electricity, water subsidies will attract people from across India and whatever solution listed in this video, will be felt inadequate after a while. So real solution besides these is to build good employment opportunities outside the capital, new well planned cities, thereby leading to decongestion of Delhi. And ofcourse discouraging all populism in Delhi...
Nice forensic analysis though, well appreciated.....
Pollution control board diagnosing the roots of the problem
Surprisingly, No Jantar Manter protests. Forgotten by Media discussions
Does this analysis apply to Mumbai? In Mumbai we constantly have a cold. Especially Borivli area due to reckless real estate activity.
Even after the cold is long gone, there is cough and heaviness in the throat/chest.
SG!! As you are in Delhi so please take care of your health. Where will we go if something happens to you?
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That made me chuckle .
The clutter is never cut, discussion on vaudeville, nehru and Charlie Chaplin was just a time pass
Timeline for Mandatory installation of flue gas desulphurisation devices in our thermal power plants is being constantly postponed by the Union govt...
Mja a gya.. full of knowledge and humour
Sir please come to BANGALORE...!!!
Thanks for addressing the core issues with Delhi’s air pollution. I seriously wish to see the blue sky again. 🥲🥲
Its between n saving water and cleaning the air...
Thanks Sir, please make this video in Hindi also so majority of common people get this important message and the breakdown of factors that cause pollution all year around... Hopefully then more people put this at the top of their agenda while voting and hence govt is compelled to take action at least against the easy options... Thanks
Considering past records of efficiency of our union government, easy option is to move capital back to Kolkata
@SG dear Sir good improvement on graphics.