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March 08, 2021 16:08 IST
Government data also showed that average levels of the major pollutants in Delhi have been decreasing steadily over the years
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Government data also showed that average levels of the major pollutants in Delhi have been decreasing steadily over the years Average levels of various pollutants, including PM10, PM2.5 and nitrogen dioxide, in Delhi last year were the lowest since 2014, according to the Delhi Economic Survey report.
Government data also showed that average levels of the major pollutants in the city have been decreasing steadily over the years.
Average levels of various pollutants, including PM10, PM2.5 and nitrogen dioxide, in Delhi last year were the lowest since 2014, according to the Delhi Economic Survey report. Government data also showed that average levels of the major pollutants in the city have been decreasing steadily over the years. The annual average concentrations of PM2.5, fine particulate matter that is about three per cent the diameter of a human hair and can lead to premature deaths from heart and lung diseases, decreased from 149 microgram per cubic meter (g/m3) in 2014 to 101 g/m3 in 2020, it said. The annual average of PM10 also decreased from 324 g/m3 in 2014 to 187 g/m3 in 2020, according to the Economic Survey report, tabled by Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia in the Delhi Assembly on Monday.
Load shedding in the national capital has dropped to 0.03 per cent of the total consumption, the lowest in the last two decades, according to the Delhi Economic Survey report. The development comes even as the number of electricity consumers in the city grew by 81.74 per cent during the decade, it said. The report was tabled by Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia in the Delhi Assembly on Monday. Delhi, being an urban place with high load density, has seen the electricity consumption increasing from 25,668 MUs in 2010-11 to 33,082 MUs in 2019-20 . The total power purchase in Delhi has grown by 21.37 per cent during the last ten years (from 2009-10 to 2019-20). The power purchased in Delhi has increased from 32,744 MU in 2010-11 to 35,419 MU in 2019-20, the report said.