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India must focus on ventilation and indoor air quality for Covid

India must focus on ventilation and indoor air quality for Covid Quartz 18 hrs ago Manavi Kapur © Provided by Quartz A plant kept indoors in India. Ventilation is a must for Covid-related good air quality. The conversation on air quality in India is often seasonal, resurfacing around the winter months of polluted air. But Covid-19 will likely make this focus especially on indoor air quality an everyday phenomenon. If India hopes to reopen offices, cinema halls, malls, and schools fully and safely in the future, ventilation will be a key aspect of a social life that coexists with Covid-19. This is because “closed, crowded spaces with close contact the ‘three Cs’ have been consistently shown to be associated with spread; a combination of the three being often associated with superspreader events,” says Dr Lancelot Pinto, consultant pulmonologist at Mumbai’s Hinduja Hospital.

Budget 2021: Experts disappointed over reduction in allocation to environment ministry

Union Budget 2021: Experts disappointed over Rs 230 cr reduction in environment ministry allocation The total allocation for the five autonomous institutes under the MoEF&CC was reduced by 20 percent, instead of the planned increase. Clouds hover a natural lake amongst the mountains at Saputara situated in the Western Ghats, some 400 Kms. from Ahmedabad on July 30, 2011. India s 1600-km long Western Ghats mountain chain has been added to list of world heritage sites by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO). The Western Ghats mountain chain is recognised as one of the world s eight hottest hotspots of biological diversity. AFP PHOTO / Sam PANTHAKY / AFP PHOTO / SAM PANTHAKY

Experts disappointed over reduction in allocation to environment ministry

The Rs 230-crore reduction in the budgetary allocation to the environment ministry has drawn flak from environmentalists who say it may slow down or completely halt green initiatives. Besides the shrunk budget, they also feel that the Centre has not clarified how a separate amount of Rs 2,217 crore, set aside for tackling air pollution in 42 cities with minimum population of one million, will be utilised. The total budget allocated for the ministry this year is Rs 2,869.93 crore while last year it was Rs 3,100 crore. This implies that a number of environmental measures could be slowed down or halted, said Avinash Chanchal, a Climate Campaigner for the Greenpeace India.

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