As per report a team of of Amity Center for air pollution Control (ACAPC) headed by Prof PCS Devara and Dr sanjeev Agrawal carried out a detailed study of the impact of nationwide Janta Curfew on march 22, 2020 in the air quality in delhi NCR and found a 50% reduction in air pollution. The study found that air quality parameters such as PM10, PM2.5, PM1 and gaseous particles of NO2, SO2 CO and OZONE as well as in Volatile Organic Compound VOC/BTX such as Benzene, Toulene, Xylene and NH3 had reduced by 50%.
Amity university haryana AUH has a highly sophisticated air Quality Monitoring Station at its campus at Pachgaon, Manesar that itself looks at the air pollution parameters at the doorsteps of the millennium city of Gurugram. AUH further has the nasa Aeronet Monitor that looks at ultrafine aerosol particles and their concentration in air. These particles can travel great distances, even across continent weather currents.
As per a WHO report, an estimated 7 million deaths worldwide are associated with air pollution and this cause of mortality due to air pollution accounts for 11.6% of all global deaths. WHO further recognizes that air pollution is a critical risk factor for non-communicable diseases (NCDs), causing an estimated one quarter (24%) of all adult deaths from heart disease, 25% from stroke, 43% from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and 29% from lung cancer.
