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Air Quality In Delhi Is Scary, It’s Indeed An Emergency Says Ravichandran Ashwin

Mumbai: From last week itself, the air quality of Delhi has been the talk around the country as tomorrow India will be playing against Bangladesh in Arun Jaitley Stadium(previous Feroz Shah Kotla) of Delhi. Many former cricketers like Gambhir, Bedi, etc. Have shown their concern over this issue.

Recently India’s ace spinner, Ravichandran Ashwin also criticised the quality of air in Delhi. He showed his concern by tweeting, “The quality of air in Delhi is really scary, the oxygen we breath is the basic requisite for mankind on this planet. This indeed is emergency #AirQualityIndex #pollution.”

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Although Ashwin is not a part of the T20 squad playing on Sunday, the spinner took to Twitter to express his concerns over the rising pollution levels in Delhi.

According to official data, the overall AQI in Delhi was 427 at 6.30 am. Pollution levels in the satellite towns of Ghaziabad (496), Greater Noida (496), and Noida (499) were much worse.

The nation’s capital has been engulfed in polluted air with the quality reaching hazardous levels. The players, from both Indian and Bangladesh camps, have played down the pollution factor, reasoning that it was just a three-hour game. The Board of Control of Cricket in India (BCCI) has refused to shift the venue and has instead given a green signal for the match to be played as per the schedule.

Even as Supreme Court-mandated panel, Environmental Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority (EPCA) declared a public health emergency in Delhi-NCR, India and Bangladesh are gearing up to play the 1st T20I at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Sunday.

Meanwhile, The South Delhi Municipal Corporation has started watering, dust cleaning and other arrangements for Sunday’s match. It was reported that the SDMC had inspected the Arun Jaitley Stadium earlier to make arrangements to combat the dust and air pollution at the venue.

For 2 continuous days, Bangladesh cricketers have been seen using their mask during the practice sessions while on another hand no Indian player has seen using a mask during practice sessions. Batting coach Vikram Rathour brushed aside concerns surrounding the air pollution in Delhi, saying both the teams are preparing to play the match in the city.

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