Metabolic health and climate resilience
High AQI similar to diabetes
Left untreated, will need amputation
No one knowingly serves or eats poison. Fast food chains were not out to hurt their customers. Policy makers were not out to hurt the environment. Yet unknowingly, both have wreaked havoc. One on metabolic health and the other on the environment.
The approach was not holistic. The quest was for component level fixes. Curing back pain led to renal failure.
There is no known cure for type 1 diabetes. It is an auto immune attack which triggers a vicious cycle. Left untreated, it leads to permanent organ damage . It will also make it impossible for the body to treat itself and diabetic wounds will require amputation.
Similarly auto immune attack triggered by deforestation, monoculture green cover (biodiversity collapse), ground water degradation, surface river ecosystem collapse etc leads to high AQI, flooding and other adverse affects including a collapse in human healthspan and many yet to emerge symptoms.
Like any ayurvedic treatment, it needs prevention of future adverse effects and correction of the root cause. By addressing symptoms alone, the root cause will not go away. Nature scale interventions are not possible. Humans are insignificant in the universal scheme of things.
We can clean indoor air but we can’t scrub the environment or filter the river or pump in water to reduce the water table. This is beyond current human capability. There is now no easy cure. Governments are helpless. Nothing on the cards is going to work. “Better to try than not to” is an insane approach when you know failure is guaranteed. You cannot open a choked artery by training for marathon running.
The topology of the NCR region is unique. The elevation is lowest near the river and increases as we move away. Gurgaon is higher than delhi or Faridabad. It does not have a river passing through it. There is no natural drainage. Where will flood water drain to. The ground is all tarred or cemented. How can ground water be charged.
Behind Gurgaon are the Aravallis. They have become a monoculture of invasive species. The top surface has hardened. Juliflora like lantana has killed all the native trees. The greenery we see is poison for the environment. It is the root cause that triggered it all. There are no sparrows in delhi. Few parrots. All you have is pigeons. They are so vociferous that you have to clad buildings in Gurgaon with glass or nets to keep them away.
Vehicular pollution, industrial waste, stubble burning are all contributory factors. Aqi is the equivalent of a glucometer reading.
When large concrete structures absorb heat, they disrupt the cycle of nature. Air conditioners heat the environment. This causes further disruption. There is no easy cure now. Banning vehicles is not going to cure anything.
The answer lies in studying the Yamuna biodiversity park and the Aravallis. Not in buying purifiers.
Data is not an opinion.
