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PM2.5 air pollution claimed 54,000 lives in Delhi last year: study
The study noted that the damage is equally worrying in other Indian cities.
”An estimated 25,000 avoidable deaths in Mumbai in 2020 have been attributed to air pollution. Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad and Lucknow estimated an approximate 12000, 11000, 11000, and 6700 avoidable deaths respectively due to polluted air,” said Noting that the air pollutant levels in Delhi remained almost six times above the prescribed WHO limits of 10 μg/m3 annual mean, the study said the estimated air pollution-related economic losses were USD 8.1 billion (Rs 58,895 crore), which amounts to 13 percent of Delhi’s annual GDP.
Increase in public grievances from 2 lakh to 21 lakh shows people’s trust in govt: Jitendra Singh
It is further sought to develop and enhance the scale and agility of responsiveness of governance mechanisms by using new and emerging digital technologies, create less paper secretariats and provide a meaningful and transparent government to all people, he said.
On these lines, the Centralised Public Grievances Redress and Monitoring System (CPGRAMS) 7.0 version has been launched and implemented in 9 ministries and departments by mapping the last mile grievance officers, and reduction in time and improving quality of disposal, the statement said.
India’s domestic air passenger traffic down 40% to 7.7 million in Jan
The load factor of six major domestic airlines–IndiGo, SpiceJet, Air India, GoAir, Vistara and AirAsia India — stood between 70 per cent and 64.9 per cent in January, as per data.
“Passengers carried by domestic airlines during January 2021 were 7.73 million against 12.7 million during the corresponding period of previous year, thereby registering annual growth of -39.60 per cent,” it said.
No COVID-19 deaths in last 24 hours in 18 states, UTs: Health ministry
The ministry said no case of serious or severe AEFI (adverse event following immunisation) or death is attributable to vaccination till date. The administration of second dose of COVID-19 vaccination started on February 13 for the beneficiaries who had completed 28 days after receipt of the first dose. As on day 32 (February 16) of the vaccination drive , a total of 2,76,943 doses were given across 7,001 sessions.
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