Crossing China, India becomes the most polluted country in the world

A study by the non-governmental environmental organization Greenpeace shows that India has surpassed China to become the world's most polluted country.

Accordingly, based on NASA satellite imagery, analysts said that human respirable dust has decreased significantly in China over the past few years, while air quality in India remains not yet improved.

Environmental pollution has improved in China.(Photo: AP).

Satellite images show that levels of harmful respiratory PM2.5 particles have decreased by 17% in China during 2010-2015, in contrast to 13% in India.

In the capital of Beijing, the annual average PM2 level is 81, while India's New Delhi capital is 128.

According to Greenpeace, Indians are much more exposed to air pollution than China. While China's air quality is increasingly improving, pollution in India is getting worse.

Although the air pollution in China is still at a dangerous level for human health, the country has made many positive moves to address the situation in recent years. The Greenpeace studies have appreciated China's national action plan to combat environmental pollution, launched in 2013, which includes tightening emission standards for power plants and public plants. heavy karma.

National pollution levels in 2005.

National pollution levels in 2011.

Satellite images record pollution levels in countries in 2015. (Photo: Greenpeace).

In India, in contrast, people are showing great indignation at the alarming pollution situation in the country. Earlier, the Indian government even issued regulations on even-day driving to minimize emissions from the environment. But those efforts are not enough.

According to experts, the Indian government should strengthen monitoring of operations at heavy industrial plants located in the north of the country, where air pollution is happening worst.

According to statistics, there are currently only 39 stations monitoring on-line factories in India, compared with 1500 in China, 770 in the US and 1,000 in European countries.