\u2713According to an analysis of air quality by the Delhi-based Center for Science and Environment, air quality in India\u2019s northeast States is worsening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2713As per the study it appears to be under threat by the same sources \u2014 vehicles, industry and urbanisation \u2014 that have soiled the air elsewhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2713Except Guwahati, the other cities in the Northeast have low annual PM2.5 levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2713Due to the region\u2019s geography, which is less suited to fossil-fuel-driven industrialization and geographic isolation, the air in the northeast States is cleaner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2713In the national debate on air pollution and public health, the present concern with high pollution concentrations in the Indo-Gangetic Plain and in northern India as a whole overshadows and ignores the early signals of the issue in our north-eastern states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2713Poor and insufficient air quality monitoring, as well as a lack of data, prevent a meaningful risk evaluation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2713Several cities are already vulnerable to poor air quality and winter pollution, according to the scarce data.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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