With the air quality in the national capital getting worse every day and leaving its residents with respiratory problems, IIT-Delhi, in collaboration with Nanoclean Global Private Ltd, have designed a nano-respiratory filter, reports the Indian Express.
The Rs 10 filter protects users from air pollutants, including PM 2.5 particles, and reduce risk of respiratory diseases. The filters will be available for purchase from Tuesday, the report added..
The product will initially be available online before it hits retail shops. It received the ‘Startup National Award’ 2017 by former President Pranab Mukherjee, and also made it to the South Korean government’s list of ‘Top 50 technical startups in the world’.
In November 2017, Indian Medical Association (IMA) declared public health emergency in Delhi, due to high pollution level. T
In view of the alarming levels of air pollution in Delhi, IMA even wrote to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia requesting to cancel the upcoming Airtel Delhi Half Marathon scheduled for November 19.
Since November, the pollution monitors have been recording 'very poor' air quality, which is comparatively better than 'severe' but alarming according to global standards. A 'very poor' AQI comes with the warning that people may develop respiratory illness on prolonged exposure while exposure to 'severe' air affects healthy people and seriously impacts those with existing respiratory or cardiovascular diseases.
The CPCB has said high moisture level in the air has trapped emission from local sources and hanging low over the city in the absence of wind.
According to private weather forecasting agency Skymet, wind from neighbouring Punjab and Haryana, where paddy stubble burning is in full swing, has started entering the city during the afternoon hours.
The CPCB also recorded 'severe' air quality in the neighbouring Noida and Ghaziabad.
The real-time pollution monitors displayed the alarmingly high concentration of PM2.5 and PM10, which are ultrafine particulates having the ability to enter the respiratory system and subsequently the bloodstream of humans and animals, causing harm.
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