Asian Review (Japan) published an article on air pollution in India, particularly New Delhi. The 21-day lockdown, ordered by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to contain the spread of COVID-19 has improved air quality with factories idle, no cars on roads, and most public transportation suspended. The article quoted from the study, Risk of acute respiratory infection from crop burning in India: estimating disease burden and economic welfare from satellite and national health survey data for 250,000 persons, co-authored by researchers Samuel Scott and Avinash Kishore, A4NH’s Devesh Roy, et al. that the burning of crop residue costs the regional economy around New Delhi $1.5 billion.
India’s lockdown carries a silver lining: bluer skies (Asian Review)
April 03, 2020