Ranchi: The deteriorating air quality in this country threatens to reduce the average age of Jharkhand people at 7.3 years, a global study conducted by the University of Chicago has claimed.
The research findings, conducted by the Varsity Energy Policy Institute, Chicago (EPIC) in 2019 throughout the country, were published on Wednesday.
It has claimed that Jharkhand air quality is worse than larger countries such as Maharashtra, Karnataka, Odisha and Gujarat.
The study claimed that while those who considered the air quality of a good place if the concentration of particles (PM) was below 10 micrograms per cubic meter, the level of Jharkhand PM was at 85.
The study claimed it was based on a research model carried out by several scientists in China.
In accordance with the model, the study estimates that a person’s 0.64 years of life is lost due to sustainable exposure to PM10 pollutants for each additional pollutant 10 microgram.
The study claimed that Ranchi, Ramgarh, Sahebajanj and the District Kharsawan had a level of PM concentration more than 100.
Bokaro, East Singhbhum Regency and West Singhbhum had a level of concentration of PM 94.52, 99.77 and 99.48.
Dhanbad coal mining hub has a concentration level of PM 95.3, he added.
Ashirbad Raha, Director of Communication in Epic India, said the study did not reach the Jharkhand state pollution control agency for their pollution data.
“On the contrary, it is based on satellite images and data prepared by the US-based atmospheric composition analysis group.
While the study has placed the average loss of age in Jharkhand at 7.3 years, it has claimed the residents of the national capital region as possible Year less because of deteriorating air quality.
Likewise, residents of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Haryana are likely to lose 9.5 years, respectively, 8.8 years and 8.4 years of their lives, due to the increasing level of air pollution, research Claimed.
‘Harming air quality can cut short life at 7.3 years’
