Lockdown slashed air pollution. Can we sustain the gains?

B Sivaraman
Updated 9:21 AM, 20 October, 2020
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Pollution, Air, atmosphere, temperature, climate change
Experts opine that there can be sustainable unlocking and greening of economic revival to sustain the unexpected gains of the lockdown to whatever extent possible | Image - Eunice Dhivya
Looking back, the otherwise back-breaking lockdown due to COVID-19 that led to widespread chaos and suffering had one big upside. There was significant fall in air pollution across major cities in India, thanks to near-zero transport and industrial emissions. Considering that air pollution is the fifth major killer in India, that was an extraordinary outcome.
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