Pollution In India

Everyone who think of 1’s and their family’s health is worried about the problems he face from his surrounding environment and keep blaming to all except him or her.

I think pollution is a biggest problem for us who are staying in metros and sub metro cities. We experiences suffering our self and our family members due to air pollution especially caused vehicle exhaust.

I was reading an online article published in Feb this year which gives us good statics about pollution in India.

As per the article

India's air pollution is so bad which is reducing our life expectancy by 3.2 years

As per WHO recently published data on pollution around the world they are focusing on airborne particles smaller than 2.5 micrometers (PM2.5). These particles normally come from vehicle emission, which are causing serious respiratory problems.

 13 out of  20 world’s most-polluted cities are present in India. And Indian cities have much higher PM2.5 levels than any other polluted country like China.

As per the study conducted by an Economic & Political Weekly —a popular journal in Mumbai —  660 million people in India now live in areas where PM2.5 levels exceed the country's national air-quality standards. That excess pollution alone, they estimate, reduces life expectancy at birth by 3.2 years, on average.

Now let’s talk about who is responsible for this pollution , Few days back I was talking to my father who is a retired truck driver (80 years old) as per him the technological up gradation is a main cause of pollution and laziness in the upcoming new generation he wanted to say some more bitter things about the effect of internet , smart phones, Digital Gaming , fast food culture and so one but I just listened to him and kept it aside for my next blog topics.

it means in his 40’s  1973-74 when I was  just 5-6 years old there were few trucks , no auto rickshaws , few noise making  bikes on road ,Yezdi, Rajdoot and lambretta which were more pollution creator than the recent CBZ and Activah’s. but the number matters , as I know every 1 family out of 100 might be having 1 bike at their home and rest were having bicycles but now every family almost have minimum one bike , especially in cities.  That does not mean that the new technological up gradation is creating more pollution.

Just think of your vehicle, do you remember when the last time you went for a real PUC test for your vehicle? I know you don’t have  the answer or maybe you are thinking what will happen if I don’t do actual PUC test and get the Certificate by paying some money?

I am damn sure the PUC guy never fails any vehicle even the one which is omitting smoke clouds, and  even if he does that next time no one will go to him and  he will not get business . If the vehicle owner don’t want to get the real test result of his vehicle which may force him to spend money on repair, There are almost all including me are like the same, because we don’t think of tomorrow we are just thinking of today has passed so be happy.

I remember when I was 10 years old and my father was very depressed because he was not able to renew his driving licence due to miner eyesight problem and those days there were no agents who can help you to get it cleared by paying money. He went for medical treatment for his eyes and finally he pass the test after 6 months but until that he stopped driving.

Those days people follow the rules and nature too supports them , now we don’t follow the rules , we pay some peanuts to those “Sarkari Babu’s- सरकारी बाबू “ to allow us to bypass the rule. As usual everyone thinks  if I alone break the rule it does not make difference , rest of 1,279,061,473 (Live population -India) people except me will follow the rule , if everyone in our country says the same just guess what will be the result.

I have seen on roads  , people do keep their  cars ON , window  glasses down and keep chatting with friends , what is wrong in switching off the engine while not driving I don’t know but  most of us never  thinks it’s necessary for our environment . For our country, Eventually for us and our family.

You might have seen for sure  around you , some people are committing small silly mistakes or ignore some traffic norms which may be  the cause of addition pollution,  Did you ever try to indicate that to the concern person but who has the time to do. Guys everyone should be waking u now and making noise if we see such things and at the same time implant a discipline in your own life about the same.

If you are honest to yourself  and start following discipline in your daily life, for sure you will see some others will  start following  you , minimum your next generation  will follow you and if every one of us will decide to do the same , sooner or later our problems will start reducing  and pollution levels  is one of them which will go down and we can see the same fresh India again.

Jai hind