The average age decreased due to poisonous air, the world did not wake up even after the alarm bell, know - an expert view

Posted on 16th Nov 2021 by rohit kumar

The problem of air pollution has taken a formidable form around the world. About 91 percent of the world's population is forced to breathe in such air, which is very harmful to their health. In India also it has taken the form of a serious problem. The World Health Organization has also raised alarm bells regarding air pollution. The organization has described air pollution as the most important environmental threat to our health. Recently, a shocking report of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) has come to the fore regarding air pollution. Let's know about this report? What is the status of India after all? After the intervention of the Supreme Court, questions have started arising whether there is any concrete law to deal with air pollution in India?

 

Lack of strict laws to prevent air pollution in the world

 

1- Environmentalist Vijay Baghel says that not only India, but most of the developed and developing countries of the world are facing the problem of air pollution. The WHO issued necessary guidelines on air quality long ago, but there is still no legal framework to implement them on a global scale. There is no necessary law in 34 percent of countries to prevent air pollution. Only 33 percent of the countries have implemented the obligations to meet the air quality standards.

 

2- He said that 49 percent of the countries have identified it as a threat. Not only this, the countries which have laws to prevent air pollution also do not conform to the standards issued by the World Health Organization. This information has been revealed in a new report recently released by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) on air quality laws and regulations.

 

3- The UNEP report examines air quality regulations and laws in 194 countries of the world and the European Union. In this report, it has been assessed that how serious and aware the countries of the world are regarding air pollution. How seriously countries have legally implemented this problem. According to this report, most African countries lack these standards.

 

4- Baghel says that the shocking thing is that even the countries which have adopted the standards issued for air quality at the global level do not match the standards of WHO. There the countries have fixed them on their basis. For example, the standard set by the WHO for the quality of PM 2.5 in the air is 10 micrograms per cubic meter. At the same time, the Government of India has set a standard of 40 micrograms per cubic meter for PM 2.5.

 

There is no solid law for this in India too.

 

1- Environmentalist Vijay Baghel says that air pollution is such a problem that there is no limit, you cannot bind the air, the direction in which the wind blows, it also takes this pollution with it. Therefore, it has to be understood that this is not the problem of any one country, but it is the responsibility of the entire human race. Despite this, only 31 percent of countries in the world have legal mechanisms to address cross-border air pollution. India does not have any concrete law for this.

 

2- He said that air pollution is killing 70 lakh, people, every year, if serious efforts are not made to stop it now, then this figure will increase to 50 percent by 2050. He said that the air we breathe is a basic need of all. In such a situation, governments should take concrete steps to maintain clean and safe air.

 

3- He said that in cities like Delhi where everyone is concerned about the air quality. In such a situation, only laws do not work, we have to fix accountability for this. For this, the public has to be made aware. Governments will have to deal with this problem with the will.

 

Air pollution becomes lethal in India

 

Air pollution has become a serious problem in India. A report released by the Energy Policy Institute of the University of Chicago, USA, shows that if it is not considered seriously, it will reduce the life of every Indian by six years. If you understand it in simple words, then the average age of people will decrease by about six years. The picture of the country's capital Delhi and Lucknow is even more frightening and shocking. The average age of people here is expected to decrease by more than nine years. According to the State of Global Air report, air pollution is responsible for more than 1,16,000 infant deaths in the country. Due to this, about 16.7 lakh people died in 2019.