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    Conversation Between Two Friends About Pollution

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    Karan and Paul discuss the serious air pollution problem in Dindigul, especially during winter months. Karan bought an N90 pollution mask for 2,500 rupees that can be used for hundreds of hours, unlike cheaper masks that only last a few uses. Residents also need to control pollution by stopping burning of waste and limiting construction activities when forbidden. While some efforts have been made, air quality often remains poor with relief only during rainy seasons, and improving conditions remains a distant dream.

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    Karan and Paul discuss the serious air pollution problem in Dindigul, especially during winter months. Karan bought an N90 pollution mask for 2,500 rupees that can be used for hundreds of hours, unlike cheaper masks that only last a few uses. Residents also need to control pollution by stopping burning of waste and limiting construction activities when forbidden. While some efforts have been made, air quality often remains poor with relief only during rainy seasons, and improving conditions remains a distant dream.

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    Karan and Paul discuss the serious air pollution problem in Dindigul, especially during winter months. Karan bought an N90 pollution mask for 2,500 rupees that can be used for hundreds of hours, unlike cheaper masks that only last a few uses. Residents also need to control pollution by stopping burning of waste and limiting construction activities when forbidden. While some efforts have been made, air quality often remains poor with relief only during rainy seasons, and improving conditions remains a distant dream.

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    Conversation Between Two Friends About Pollution

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    Karan and Paul discuss the serious air pollution problem in Dindigul, especially during winter months. Karan bought an N90 pollution mask for 2,500 rupees that can be used for hundreds of hours, unlike cheaper masks that only last a few uses. Residents also need to control pollution by stopping burning of waste and limiting construction activities when forbidden. While some efforts have been made, air quality often remains poor with relief only during rainy seasons, and improving conditions remains a distant dream.

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    Conversation Between Two Friends About Pollution

    paul: Hi Karan, how are you doing?


    karan: I am doing good. How about you?
    paul: I am good as well. How are you dealing with Dindigil pollution?
    Karan: It’s really terrifying, especially in winters. I recently ordered a pollution mask to decrease
    the effect of pollution, but we cannot wear it all the time. But what we need to do at home?
    paul: Air purifiers. Don’t they work well?
    Karan: They do, but not everyone can afford it. Furthermore, would you want to operate them
    for hours every day and many months?
    paul: You have got a point. I’m also thinking to buy a pollution mask. What would you suggest?
    Karan: I purchased an N90 mask for INR 2,500/-. I have examined the cheap ones as well, the
    one that cost 20-30 rupees for a single piece, but they turn out to be more costly.
    paul: More costly? How?
    Karan: The cheaper ones can be best used for 2 to 3 times. Whereas, the one I am using can
    be used for some hundred hours. So the value of cheap ones sums up fast. And also the cheap
    ones are not as efficient as the N90 I am using in refining the pollutants. That’s important, right.
    What’s the purpose of using a mask if it’s not cleaning the toxic pollutants?
    paul: I Agree with you. Anything else on pollution respirators?
    Karan: Prefer a mask with exhaling valves. Valves help you breathe easily, particularly when
    you are out of breath after exercising or climbing stairs and stop the buildup of moisture.
    karan: We have been inhaling the toxic air for the last few years. Do you envision any reduction
    in pollution levels in near future, says this winter?
    paul: I think it will be minimal at best. Vehicular contamination can be managed by taking the
    fuel-inefficient, contaminating old vehicles off the roads, but will it happen. Who will bell the cat
    to check stubble burning in the neighboring lands? The construction project is the easiest of the
    three to control.
    Karan: What about pollution from fireworks on Diwali?
    paul: There have been some limitations on the use of crackers at least in Dindigul but
    implementation is not easy. To be fair, I am not too concerned about crackers because their
    impact is only for a few days. I am more bothered about the month-on-month high level of
    pollution rising out of other circumstances.
    Karan: I agree, but I think residents too have some part in controlling pollution. We can stop
    people from burning polythene bags and other dangerous waste in winter. We can also reach
    construction activities in our area during the period it is forbidden.
    paul: Right. What we usually don’t pay attention to is the case that pollution, particularly in the
    winter months is not just a Dindigul aspect. It seizes most of North India. The Air Quality Index
    (AQI) of small cities such as Gwalior, Agra, and Lucknow often gets more critical than dindigul,
    and they don’t get the same coverage in the national media as metro cities such as Dindigul do.
    Karan: That’s correct. And pollution is imposing such a heavy toll on human life. I was reading
    in the newspaper that India has the questionable distinction of most extinction because of
    pollution and most of them are associated with air pollution. In 2021, more than 2.5 million
    people died in India because of pollution.
    paul: I too remember reading in the newspaper that the AQI in dindigul enrolled the satisfactory
    zone for the first time in many months during the rainy season. Circumstances have come to
    such a way that we have an exhalation of relief when the AQI goes from very poor to poor
    category. Imagine, satisfying levels come once in few months and that too by the harmony of
    nature (rainfall). AQI in the good division seems to be a far-off dream.
    Karan: You have summed the state of matters quite well. Let’s hope conditions improve.
    paul: Yes.

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