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The Congress connected Sunday (October 26, 21025) said India's aerial contamination situation is nary longer conscionable a respiratory contented but a full-blown battle connected our brains and bodies, arsenic it called for radically revising the National Clean Air Programme and urgently updating the National Ambient Air Quality Standards.
Congress wide caput in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh asserted that aerial contamination is simply a nationalist wellness catastrophe and a nationalist information menace to our society, healthcare system, and aboriginal workforce.
"India's aerial contamination situation is nary longer conscionable a respiratory issue. It's present a full-blown battle connected our brains and bodies," the erstwhile Environment Minister said connected X.
In 2023, astir 2 cardinal deaths successful India were linked to aerial contamination — a 43% leap since 2000, Mr. Ramesh pointed out.
India's aerial contamination situation is nary longer conscionable a respiratory issue. It's present a full-blown battle connected our brains and bodies.
• In 2023, approx. 2 cardinal deaths successful India were linked to aerial pollution—a 43% leap since 2000
• Nearly 9 successful 10 of these deaths were attributed to…
Nearly 9 successful 10 of these deaths were attributed to non-communicable diseases (NCDs) specified arsenic bosom disease, lung cancer, diabetes and present adjacent dementia, helium said
India records astir 186 air-pollution deaths per 100,000 people, implicit 10 times the complaint successful high-income countries (17/100,000), Mr. Ramesh said.
He further pointed retired that aerial contamination accounts for astir 70% of COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) deaths, astir 33% of lung crab deaths, astir 25% of heart-disease deaths, and astir 20% of diabetes deaths successful India.
“Exposure to good particulate substance measured successful micrograms per cubic metre (PM2.5) has present besides been linked to encephalon harm and accelerated cognitive decline, and globally astir 626,000 dementia deaths successful 2023 were tied to aerial pollution,” helium said.
"Air contamination is simply a public-health catastrophe and a national-security menace to our society, our healthcare system, and our aboriginal workforce," Mr. Ramesh said.
"Our contiguous modular for PM2.5 is 8 times the WHO line for yearly vulnerability and 4 times the line for 24-hour exposure. Despite the motorboat of the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) successful 2017, PM2.5 levels person continued to emergence and shockingly present each azygous idiosyncratic successful India lives successful areas wherever PM2.5 levels acold exceeds the WHO guidelines," helium said.
"We request to radically revise the NCAP and besides urgently update the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) that were past promulgated aft a cautious workout successful Nov 2009," Mr. Ramesh said.
The Congress person besides shared connected X the State of Global Air 2025 study which provides a broad investigation of information for aerial prime and wellness impacts for countries astir the satellite successful 2023.
