The pollution level in the Indian capital of New Delhi is reported to be 20 times higher 20 times higher than the safe level recommended by World Health Organisation. The problem is very worrying and the issue, including the measures that followed afterwards, received huge attention, and rightly so, in the news media, within India and beyond.
The average trend of
PM2.5 for the last 19 months Delhi has witnessed unhealthy and
hazardous levels for most of the past year. Air pollution is determined by the
level of atmospheric particulate matter (PM) https://www.health.ny.gov/environmental/indoors/air/pmq_a.htm.
The finer the matter, the deeper it can reach in lungs and blood stream causing
more harm.
The crisis has begun to open up avenues for local business,
like this ‘Oxygen Bar’, which offers a
15 minute oxygen session for just over five pounds ($7) offers a 15
minute oxygen session for just over five pounds ($7). If this business
thrives, are people that desperate to get relief from polluted air that they
are willing to pay for what should be freely available?