According to a study, pollution would shorten Delhi residents’ lives by 11.9 years

According to a research, Delhi has become the most polluted city in the world, and its citizens stand to lose 11.9 years of their lives as a result of the pollution.

These are the results of the Air Quality Life Index (AQLI), which was published by the University of Chicago’s Energy Policy Institute. The goal of the research is to allow the general public and policymakers to assess the advantages of air pollution regulations in enabling longer lives. It does this by converting air pollution concentrations into their influence on life expectancy.

According to the research, the yearly average particle pollution level in India, which is home to 130–40 billion people, is higher than the WHO’s 5 g/m3 standard.

According to the PTI, the survey also revealed that 67.4% of Indians reside in regions where air quality is over the 40 g/m3 national threshold.

According to the study, fine particulate air pollution (PM2.5) reduces an average Indian’s life expectancy by 5.3 years compared to what it would be if the 5 g/m3 pollution limit set by the World Health Organization (WHO) was met, according to PTI. The study also found that Delhi is the most polluted city in the world, with its 18 million residents on track to lose 11.9 years of life expectancy on average compared to the WHO limit and 8.5 years compared to

According to the research, particle pollution is more than seven times the WHO guideline in Pathankot, Punjab, the least polluted district in the area, which would result in 3.1 years less life expectancy if present levels persisted.

The AQLI’s dust and sea salt-removed PM 2.5 data suggest that human activity plays a crucial role in creating severe particle pollution, even though geology and meteorological variables increase particulate pollution in the northern plains.

According to the research, which was cited by PTI, this is probably because the area has a population density that is approximately three times higher than that of the rest of the nation. This implies that there is more pollution from residential, commercial, and agricultural sources.

According to Michael Greenstone, the Milton Friedman Distinguished Service Professor in Economics and the man behind AQLI, “three-quarters of air pollution’s impact on global life expectancy occurs in just six countries: Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, China, Nigeria, and Indonesia, where people lose one to more than six years of their lives because of the air they breathe.”