Akuluakulu a mzinda wa New Delhi adakakamizika kutseka masukulu ndikuletsa ntchito yomanga chifukwa cha utsi 'wowopsa' womwe udazungulira likulu la India.
Ubwino wa mpweya wakhala ukudetsa nkhawa kwambiri likulu la India, makamaka nyengo yachisanu, pomwe mzindawu umakhala ndi utsi wambiri, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti anthu aziwoneka komanso kuyika anthu pachiwopsezo chaumoyo.
Nyengo yatsopano yachisanu ikufika ku India, vuto linanso la kuwonongeka kwa mpweya lidakhudza mzinda wokhala ndi anthu pafupifupi 35 miliyoni, ndipo utsi umakhalabe m'gulu "loopsa" kwa tsiku lachiwiri motsatizana.
New Delhi adalembetsa index yamtundu wa mpweya (AQI) ya 466, malinga ndi Central Pollution Control Board Lachisanu m'mawa. AQI yomwe ili pamwamba pa 400 imatengedwa ngati 'yoopsa'. Itha kukhudza anthu athanzi komanso kukhudza kwambiri omwe ali ndi matenda omwe alipo, bungwe loipitsa dziko la India lachenjeza.
Kuwerenga kwamasiku ano 'kovuta' kunalembedwa kwa tsiku lachiwiri motsatizana, pambuyo poti ndondomeko ya mpweya wabwino (AQI) igunda milingo yowopsa kwa nthawi yoyamba nyengo yachisanu dzulo.
Pomwe mpweya udatsika m'malo angapo a Delhi Lachinayi, nduna yayikulu ya boma Arvind Kejriwal adati masukulu onse apulaimale azikhala otsekedwa kwa masiku awiri otsatira. Pakadali pano, Commission for Air Quality Management yaletsa ntchito zomanga zosafunikira ndikuyika zoletsa pamagalimoto ena ku Delhi monga gawo la mapulani ake kuthana ndi vutoli. Opezeka akuyendetsa magalimoto 'oletsedwa' m'madera omwe akhudzidwa ndi mzindawu adzapatsidwa chindapusa chambiri.
M'mbuyomu lero, kampani yowunikira IQAir inanena kuti tinthu tating'onoting'ono towopsa kwambiri, PM2.5, timene titha kulowa m'magazi, ndi pafupifupi nthawi 35 kuchuluka kwatsiku ndi tsiku komwe World Health Organisation (WHO) idalimbikitsa.
Ofalitsa nkhani ku India anena kuti kukwera kwa kuipitsidwa kwa dziko la New Delhi ndi “kuthamanga kwa mphepo” komanso “kulowerera kwa utsi chifukwa chopsa ndi chiputu.” Alimi aku India nthawi zambiri amayatsa ziputu, zinyalala zaulimi zomwe zatsala kuchokera kukolola kwa Okutobala, panthawi ino ya chaka.
Vuto lalikulu la kuwonongeka kwa mpweya limabweranso patsogolo Chikondwerero cha Indian cha Diwali, kumene ochita maphwando amayatsa nyali ndi kuphulitsa zozimitsa moto. Chaka chino, boma la New Delhi laletsa zozimitsa moto ndi cholinga choletsa kuipitsidwa. Kuletsaku kumaphatikizapo kupanga, kusunga, kuphulitsa, ndi kugulitsa zozimitsa moto zamitundu yonse, kuphatikiza zoyatsira moto zobiriwira, mpaka Januware 1, 2024.
New Delhi ndi mzinda wodetsedwa kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi; Milingo ya kuipitsa ndi nthawi 25 kuposa malangizo a WHO, malinga ndi kafukufuku yemwe adachitika koyambirira kwa chaka chino. Kafukufukuyu adachenjeza kuti moyo wa anthu okhala mumzinda wa India ukhoza kuchepetsedwa ndi zaka 12 chifukwa cha mpweya wabwino.
Kafukufukuyu adawonetsanso kuti India ndi dziko lomwe likuyang'anizana ndi "vuto lalikulu kwambiri lazaumoyo" chifukwa cha kuwonongeka kwa mpweya chifukwa cha kuchuluka kwa anthu omwe akukhudzidwa ndi kuchuluka kwake koyipa kwa tinthu.
