A study by researchers at Jawaharlal Nehru University's (JNU) department of environmental sciences has stated that measures like the Odd-Even scheme will not help in controlling pollution levels that the Capital is currently witnessing, as it is not the vehicular pollution but stubble burning in fields in neighbouring states that is causing the air quality to worsen. Last year, Diwali fell in the beginning of November when the air quality was already at 'severe' levels worsened after. The research, however, shows that crackers contributed very little to pollution levels. "We conducted a study on pollution patterns in Delhi and NCR for a similar period of 2016. "Things like nitrogen and sulphur, present in crackers were not present in a significant amounts.

Source: dna November 11, 2017 02:26 UTC