Getty ImagesMore than 200,000 cases of respiratory respiratory diseases have been recorded in six state-run hospitals in Delhi in 2022 and 2024 fighting the level of India, the federal government said.
The government said in Parliament that more than 30,000 people with respiratory diseases had to be hospitalized in three years.
Toxic air is a recurring problem in Delhi and its suburbs, especially during winters.
For weeks now, the quality of Air Delhi) – Aqi) – which ensures different types of pollutants, including more than 20 times the limit of the World Health Organization.
There is no single cause behind the problem, but it is attributed to factors such as industrial emissions, car repairs, low wind power and low wind power in neighboring states.
Delhi’s six major hospitals recorded 67,054 respiratory cases in 2022, 69,293 in 2023 and 68,411 in 2024.
“The analysis suggests that the increase in pollution levels related to the increase in the number of patients attending emergency rooms that the admission that the association is the cause,” said the government to the Parliament.
The average AQI in Delhi has crossed the “severe” 400 mark several times in the last decade, especially among healthy people and poses serious risks to those who are sick.
On Wednesday morning, the average AQI in Delhi was around 380, according to the government-sponsored survey.
The BBC reported last week how many Delhi’s hospitals and its precincts are seeing an influx of children who are sick because of the poisonous air.
The Delhi High Court is scheduled to hear a petition on Wednesday calling for immediate measures to curb dangerous air pollution.
Over the past few years, India’s top court has also taken up concerns about air quality in Delhi and surrounding areas.
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