MERI Mirror, April' 2020
A bilingual monthly student publication, an initiative of the students of Department of Journalism and Mass Communication at MERI College, affiliated to Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi.
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OurNature’shealing!
-ByJaskiranKaurSokhi
OurNature’shealing!TheDhauladhar
Mountain range wasseen from the
Jalandhar city on April 3. The
Dhauladharrangeisapartoflesser
Himalayan chain ofmountains.The
PrimeMinisterofIndia,Mr.Narendra
Modi,implementeda21dayslockdown
aloverthecountryonmarch23rd,due
totheriseincoronaviruspandemic.
Thecitizenswereaskedforsocialdistancing.Duetothis,nearlyeverything
isshuttilApril14th.Thebiggestad-
vantageofthishasbeentheimprove-
mentofairqualityincitiesacrossthe
race.Eventhewaterqualityofriver
Gangaimprovesduetothelockdown.
Duetotheclosureoffactoriesandentranceofanyperson.Accordingtothe
real-timewatermonitoringdataofthe
CPCB,outofthe36monitoringunits
placedatvariouspointsoftheGanga
river,the water quality around 27
pointswassuitableforbathing and
propagationofwildlifeandfisheries.
Theparametersthatthemonitoring
stationsmonitoronlinearedissolved
oxygen (more than 6 mg/litre),biochemicaloxygendemand(lessthan2
mg/litre).Therearesomanygoodimpactsofthelockdownaswel.Whyare
wenotobservingalofthis?InDelhi,air
qualityindex(AQI)levelsareusualya
severe200 on agood day(anything
above25isdeemedunsafebyWorld
HealthOrganization).
Duringpeakpolutionperiodslastyear
country.Out ofthe 91 cities that
theysoaredwelintoalife-threatening
showedminimalpolution,asmanyas
900andsometimesofthemeasurable
30ofthem wererecorded‘good’air
scale.ButasDelhi’s11m registeredcars
qualitywhiteother61citieswererecordedas‘satisfactory’.Thedhauladhar
weretakenoftheroadsandfactories
andconstructionweregroundtoahalt,
rangestands200km awayfrom Jalandharand
wasvisible after30 years.
AQIlevelshaveregularlyfalenbelow
2020.Theskiesaresuddenlyarare,pierc-
“whatnaturewas,andwhatwehad
ingblue.Eventhebirdsongseemsloud-
er.Therearesomanymoregoodthings
donetoit”wastwitedbyaresidentof
jalandharcapturingthebeautifulview
happeningaround!
oftheHimalayanrangefrom hister-
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