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"We are responsible for what we are, and whatever we wish ourselves to be, we have the power to make ourselves.
If what we are now has been the result of our own past actions, it certainly follows
that whatever we wish to be in future can be produced by our present actions; so we have to know how to act. "
--
Swami Vivekananda
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Issues Posted > Traffic Pollution:
Traffic pollution and health problems in india cities
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Posted By: Kumar
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District: Any District
City: Any city
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Information collected from research articles and newspapers.
"Doctors armed with the latest evidence about the effects of airborne pollution on health say the megacities of China and India, with their traffic-choked streets and dependence on coal, could become centers of premature mortality."
"Cars also throw out fine-grained particulate, which because of their small size are able to penetrate deep into the lungs. The damage airborne soot and exhaust pollution wreak on human lungs and the heart."
"Tackling traffic flow, vehicular pollution and road accidents require the same level of scientific expertise, inter- disciplinary cooperation and long-term attention as any other public health problem. "
"The pollution level of India's capital city, i.e, New Delhi is very high as compare to other important cities and therefore, health hazards of citizen as well as visitors of New Delhi are at danger. "
"Between 1970 and 1990, the number of vehicles has grown 11.5 times, from about 1.9 million to more than 21 million (MST, 1993). At the same time, the figure per 1000 population has increased from 3.4 to 25.31, and is expected to exceed 40 by the year 2000."
"Air was found to be of poor quality at all the traffic junctions and market places monitored. Air samples even from school premises have presence of sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides and suspended particulate matter much above permissible limits. The reason being fleet of school buses and the number of cars and scooters used by children for commuting to school."
"This signifies that more comprehensive measures to tackle air pollution must be adopted in the immediate future and implemented stringently to protect the environment. "
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