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Himalayas visible for first time in India in 30 years as pollution drops amid lockdown

by Web Desk April 9, 2020

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 Himalayas visible for first time in India in 30 years as pollution drops amid lockdown

As a result of plunging pollution levels resulting from steps taken to control the spread of the novel coronavirus, India’s snow-covered Dhauladhar mountain range can be seen by locals for the first time in 30 years now.

To many locals, the Dhauladhar Range sight — which translates into “White Range” and forms part of the Himalayas — is something they have never seen in their lives, notes SBS.

Others were willing to express their social media feelings about it, including former Indian cricket player Harbhajan Singh, who wrote:

Never seen Dhauladar range from my home rooftop in Jalandhar..never could imagine that’s possible..clear indication of the impact the pollution has done by us to Mother Earth 🌍.. this is the view pic.twitter.com/laRzP8QsZ9

— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) April 3, 2020

“Never seen Dhauladar range from my home rooftop in Jalandhar. Never could imagine that’s possible. A clear indication of the impact the pollution has done by us to mother earth.”

Government statistics have shown, according to CNN, that India’s capital New Delhi has seen a 71 per cent decrease in the hazardous particulate matter known as PM 2.5. The particulate matter, which lodges deep into the lungs and passes through vital organs and the bloodstream, poses a variety of significant health hazards for people.

Similar declines have been reported in air pollutants in major cities such as Bangalore, Chennai, Kolkata and Mumbai.

From my home town in Punjab…. we had never seen mountains 😊😊 pic.twitter.com/RhRrt9jyxB

— Arun Arora (@Arun2981) April 5, 2020

Jyoti Pande Lavakare, the co-founder of Indian environmental organization Care for Air, told the network:

“I have not seen such blue skies in Delhi for the past 10 years …It is a silver lining in terms of this awful crisis that we can step outside and breathe.”

Read More: Air quality observed to be improving in quarantined states

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