Pollution Problem in Delhi NCR

The best option of course is to move out. But you can take some steps to help yourself:
1) Use an affordable room purifier like the Sqair from smartairfilters.in. I use it in a bedroom even with a kitchen window semi-open and it works very well. Also before you go for any room purifier, you may want to look up the studies and experiment data on the website.
2) Pollution peaks in the night and is lower during the hours from 12PM to 7PM (see attached image). Plan most of the outdoor activity (if any) at that time. Also, its a good time to ventilate your house since it gets really bad outside those hours and one has to keep windows closed.
3) If you have to commute/step out when pollution is bad, use a mask. There's good data out there on which one to buy, etc.

I recently joined the funding for the latest room purifier project from smartairfilters: the Sqair on kickstarter:

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It was disappointing that despite so many people apparently concerned about pollution in India, there were only 18 supporters from India while there were over 60 from the US where pollution is a negligible problem if at all! Being a part of efforts like these (with no time and modest money commitment) also helps me avoid depression xD

For all the rants, I don't see the desire in India to solve the problem not even to the extent individually possible even within financial limits. It is also amusing to see the ruckus for one day of Diwali when the situation remains bad from Oct-mid to Feb. And its not a recent thing, I've been tracking for 4+ years now and Diwali is only a temporary problem. It stays bad until Feb probably due to open fires for heating and atmospheric conditions.

I thought Delhi was polluted beyond acceptable limits 10+ years back but it seems like the threshold at which people actually start complaining is awfully high! And most of it is ranting and complaining about relatively insignificant things like Diwali effect. Or expecting the govt to do something about it. Some things of course require govt action but one would expect to see significant private, community organization involvement too in a free country.

Sqair is 6500 in India which is the same price as Mi 2C.

I'm partial to SmartAir as I've been following their evolution since the days it started with a guy wanting clean air for himself in Beijing. The guy posted all the data from his experiments and being a data nerd I enjoyed that very much. One can get a lot of good info from the "open data" section of the smartairfilters.in website even if they were to not buy anything from them.

There are many similar products out there though especially in the last 3-4 years and any will probably suffice so long as the user knows how to use the purifier effectively as there are a few dos and donts.

Mi 2C looks similarly spec'ed out but it has a noise level of 62db vs 53db for the Sqair. Also, the previous iteration of the Mi was effective only in the max mode but it would toggle between max and auto mode, the latter being very ineffective and it was a problem. And, the Mi filter is INR 2200 (with additional features which I don't feel are necessary) whereas the Sqair filter is 1490.

I like the SmartAir team and approach and have been using their products for many years so don't feel the need to look elsewhere. I can talk directly to one of their engineers if I have a question which I probably couldn't do with any corporate. But, yeah there are many good alternatives to choose from.

today aqi is really fucked up wind speed is super low, I cannot go outside. logon ko ab bhi phatake fhod ne hain, crop burning atleast delay toh kr dete lekin nhi.

Masks were distributed only to children. Not to the teachers. And also some schools are still calling teachers despite giving off to the children.

Apparently Teachers are gods and don't get affected from the pollution.

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As per WHO
'One reason why children are particularly vulnerable to the effects of air pollution is that they breathe more rapidly than adults and so absorb more pollutants. They also live closer to the ground, where some pollutants reach peak concentrations – at a time when their brains and bodies are still developing '
Arvind Kejriwal is doing the right thing.

wtf is happening after rain pollution has become 10 times worse.

yep its shit outside. Kids are concentrated to home for quite a days now with young one suffering from breathing problem.
air purifier n humidifier running all day.
Unfortunately a midnight baraat voices were heard with loud crackers noises, ppl don't care.

Thinking of buying an apartment in upcoming town of shimla for days like these.
Any other suggestion, security is priority.

yeah people just don't care matlab ab nuke bhi ho jaye toh farak nhi padta chalo shayad population hi control ho jaye.

looks like they have covered the roof area with some sheet to stop pollution 👏👏