{"id":680,"date":"2020-04-09T21:20:36","date_gmt":"2020-04-09T21:20:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/genuineactivist.com\/?p=680"},"modified":"2024-11-12T16:35:05","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T16:35:05","slug":"himalayas-visible-for-first-time-in-30-years-pollution-levels-in-india-drop-provided-by-sbs-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/genuineactivist.com\/index.php\/2020\/04\/09\/himalayas-visible-for-first-time-in-30-years-pollution-levels-in-india-drop-provided-by-sbs-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Himalayas visible for first time in 30 years &#8211; pollution levels in India drop &#8211; Provided by SBS.com"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"680\" class=\"elementor elementor-680\" data-elementor-settings=\"{&quot;ha_cmc_init_switcher&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-47721ef elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"47721ef\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-503be05\" data-id=\"503be05\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c273a8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4c273a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"666\" height=\"298\" src=\"https:\/\/genuineactivist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/mountain.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-682\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/genuineactivist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/mountain.webp 666w, https:\/\/genuineactivist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/mountain-300x134.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-76ab022 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"76ab022\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-569a156\" data-id=\"569a156\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4404277 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4404277\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p id=\"viewer-b0okf\" class=\"mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\"><span class=\"_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" style=\"color: #000000;\">As the lockdown to stop the spread of coronavirus in India continues, pollution levels across much of the country have dropped sharply. Now some residents in northern India say they can see the snow-capped Himalayas 200 kilometres away for the first time in 30 years.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\"><span class=\"_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" style=\"color: #000000;\">India&#8217;s Central Pollution Board says the nationwide Janta Curfew on March 22, and lockdown since March 22, have resulted in significant improvement in air quality in the country. In Delhi alone, overall, there was a reduction of up to 44 per cent in PM10 March 22-23, 2020 compared to the previous day. According to the India Today Data Intelligence Unit (DIU) from March 16-27, the air quality index improved by 33 per cent on an average in the country. \u201cData shows that on average, Indian cities had an AQI of 115 between March 16 and 24. The air quality started showing improvements from the first day of the 21-day lockdown. The average AQI fell to 75 in the first three days of the lockdown,\u201d reads the <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a class=\"_3Bkfb _1lsz7\" style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatoday.in\/diu\/story\/coronavirus-india-lockdown-breathes-better-humans-confined-homes-1660729-2020-03-28\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer\" data-hook=\"linkViewer\"><u class=\"_3zM-5\">report<\/u><\/a><\/span>.<\/span><\/p><p id=\"viewer-aelhi\" class=\"mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\"><strong><span class=\"_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" style=\"color: #000000;\">To learn more, <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a class=\"_3Bkfb _1lsz7\" style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sbs.com.au\/language\/english\/audio\/himalayas-visible-for-first-time-in-30-years-as-pollution-levels-in-india-drop\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer\" data-hook=\"linkViewer\"><u class=\"_3zM-5\">Click Here &gt;&gt;<\/u><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p><p id=\"viewer-aelhi\" class=\"mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/SBS.com.au\">SBS.com.au<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p><p id=\"viewer-aelhi\" class=\"mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Author Vivek Kumar, Maya Jamieson<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the lockdown to stop the spread of coronavirus in India continues, pollution levels across much of the country have dropped sharply. Now some residents in northern India say they can see the snow-capped Himalayas 200 kilometres away for the first time in 30 years. India&#8217;s Central Pollution Board says the nationwide Janta Curfew on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":686,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_header_footer","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-good-news-during-coronavirus"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/genuineactivist.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/genuineactivist.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/genuineactivist.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genuineactivist.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genuineactivist.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=680"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/genuineactivist.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1639,"href":"https:\/\/genuineactivist.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680\/revisions\/1639"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genuineactivist.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/genuineactivist.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genuineactivist.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genuineactivist.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}