6 Delhiites Who Are Fighting Air Pollution In Unique Ways


BANGALORE: Delhi, or Lutyens Delhi once clean as a whistle, is now being polluted and infected to the brim. While our national capital sits pretty atop geographically; it also tops the chart not for some good reason this time. Rated as the world’s most Polluted City, Delhi’s toxic air has been linked to allergies, respiratory conditions, birth malformations and increasing incidence of cancers. The Delhi High Court observed that air contamination in the national capital was of a ‘emergency nature', alluding to the record abnormal amounts of Particulate Matter (PM) 2.5 and 10 noticeable all around. Unfortunately holding the highest position as the most contaminated city on the planet with a contamination level of 153 contrasted with the WHO's protected stamped level 25, Delhi's current predicament is desperate without a doubt, reports Homegrown.

Individual efforts to help raise awareness about the severity of this situation along with the irreversible health consequences is the need of the hour, especially with the government tip-toeing around the public, trying not to ‘create a panic.

From health security items to disseminating environmental information, these six Delhiites have taken it upon themselves to join the battle for clean air, and they are doing it in their own unique ways. Let’s have a peek into the lives and psyches of six Anti-Pollution crusaders from the capital.

Jai Dhar Gupta, creator of Nirvana Being
Consumer product solutions to protect against rising air pollution.

As an activity initiated by Jai Dhar Gupta, Nirvana Being brings a large group of top-quality, superior items to the Indian market that are devoted to Health, and protecting the human body against contaminants. Beginning with bringing a scope of high performing facemasks known as Vogmasks to India, Gupta has achieved several product milestones. Enthusiastically censuring the inefficient utilization of plastic bags alongside aloofness for waste creation and transfer, his Water Bobble filters customary faucet water to make it consumable, disposing of the requirement for single-serve bottles.
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