India tests 'smoke-proof water cannon' in New Delhi

On December 20, India introduced a "smoke-proof hose" in New Delhi. Authorities hope the new invention will clean up the seriously polluted sky here.

Accordingly, the above water cannon, shaped like a hair dryer in an exaggerated version after a truck, was put to the test in the Anand Vihar area in the eastern capital of New Delhi, adjacent to a public park. and often suffer from a dense atmosphere.

The website of the US Embassy in India records PM 2.5 index (suspensions of diameter less than or equal to 2.5 micrometers can cause heart attacks, strokes, lung cancer and other respiratory diseases when inhaled them) on December 20 at Anand Vihar is 308, 15 times higher than the safety standards of the World Health Organization (WHO).

Manufacturer Cloud Tech said that with high-speed water spraying of 100 liters / minute, smoke-resistant water hoses can wash up to 95% of air pollutants.

India tests "smoke-proof hose".(Source: indianexpress).

Thanks to the superior feature designed to prevent dust and smoke in mining sites and construction sites, this invention is worth up to $ 31,000.

However, Cloud Tech also acknowledged that only 1 or 2 smoke-proof cannons would not effectively prevent the current high-pollution atmosphere in New Delhi; instead, it would take 30 to 40 of these .

New Delhi's Department of Environment leaders insist that if the experiment is successful, the city government will consider deploying all routes in New Delhi as soon as possible.

However, the Greenpeace Environment Agency said it was "not a complete solution" to effectively prevent serious winter pollution in New Delhi that had been headed by the head of government. The city describes as "a room filled with lethal poison".

Explaining this statement, the representative of the organization said that the real solution to prevent environmental pollution lies in root control , instead of spraying them with water. These solutions also need to ensure sustainability rather than create a business advantage for some companies.

Since early November, the New Delhi state government has declared an emergency pollution when toxic smoke levels exceed the allowable levels for several consecutive days due to burning straw after the crop in neighboring agricultural states. access, emissions from vehicles and the amount of dust from construction works.

Previously, in 2014, the World Health Organization (WHO) assessed New Delhi as the most polluted capital in the world, where clean air "is almost" when it is always in the dust.

Although Indian officials have temporarily shut down power plants and tested solutions to restrict cars traveling on the road according to parity, these measures have yet to be highly effective.