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Air pollution levels in Delhi are worrying all year round, but with Diwali making things worse-nearly 25%-sales of air purifiers in NCR have grown significantly.
The next morning after the Lantern Festival every year, Delhi is shrouded in smog, and the air pollution in the capital has reached a shocking level.
Even this year, with the sharp drop in sales of firecrackers, the content of fine particulate matter in the city's air has risen to nearly 25 times the prescribed international value.
Since air pollution is a topic that is often talked about during the year, Delhiites decided to protect themselves from toxic air pollution. Air-
It was not until last year that the purifier was considered
This year, sales of essential have increased significantly, especially around Diwali.
While doctors and pollution experts remain skeptical about the efficacy and benefits of these devices, residents in Delhi seem to believe that these devices will protect their lungs after the Lantern Festival.
168% liters of air purifier manufacturers selling this section in India, this section is an accident and their sales broke all records.
Shuvendu Mazumdar, national product manager of sharp India air purifier, said, "retailers are sure to see sales growth in the countdown to Diwali.
The trend of giving air purifiers to friends, family and even business partners is new.
As a result, our retail sales increased by about 168% compared to the previous Diwali.
This trend is likely to continue.
ASEM Juneja, head of Panasonic India's products, said, "air purifiers became India's consumer products for the first time during Obama's visit to India in January.
At that time, some foreign publications published articles on how toxic air in Delhi had shortened his life span by about six hours.
This gives us a lot of questions.
Soon, many companies entered the air purifier market after the summer, and sales began to rise.
But Diwali is really a watershed for us.
In the first ten days of November, we have exceeded the sales figures in October.
Residents of the NCR said, "there is no control over smoking, so this is the last vacation," and while sales of firecrackers have declined this year, people will still explode a lot of firecrackers to fill the air with smoke.
The Delhi Pollution Control Commission estimates that high levels of particulate matter and other pollutants will be further increased by 3-fold on Diwali.
Deepti Singh, resident of RK Puram, said, "The week before the Lantern Festival, I bought an air purifier for 30,000 rupees.
I 've been thinking about buying one for a while, and when I read in the news that air pollution will add three more
During Diwali, it was time for me to decide four times.
Even if people burst out fewer and fewer cookies, there will still be thousands of people doing so.
This is the least we can do to protect our health.
Kanika Malhotra recently purchased an air purifier for her Patel Nagar residence, saying, "It's not just firecrackers.
Pollution levels are bad all year round.
You can hardly see the stars at night due to smog.
Diwali makes the situation worse.
The air purifier has been around for a while, but I feel that one is urgently needed this year.
My brother has asthma and I have heard that air purifiers can help people with asthma and allergies.
Dishant Sharma, marketing director at Noida, zone 50, said, "Diwali or non-Diwali, pollution levels are high.
If we start a plan like a car
In a city that relies heavily on car commuting, a free day speaks to our desperation to curb air pollution.
People setting off firecrackers is not something we can control, but we can do something about the air in the lungs.
The air purifier is our best choice.
I bought one last week.
Jaspreet Bhatia, a resident of Udyog Vihar in Gurgaon, said, "I bought an air purifier for my sister to use for the discharge lamp festival.
The place where she lives is full of dust and smoke.
I know things will get worse before and after Diwali, so it seems like a good gift.
In addition, all electronic
Tailors who offer discounts on electronics, I saved thousands of dollars.
"Not picky about the price of Rajat Verma, a salesman at Delhi's leading air purifier brand, told us," people are a little panicked this year.
Air pollution has always been a topic that people talk about. it affects people's psychology.
They are not picky about the price either.
Many people are willing to buy a good air purifier for 30,000 rupees, even if there is a cheap air purifier, the price is less than half.
Vinod, a salesperson at an air purifier store in Noida, District 18, said, "cheap air purifiers start at Rs 10,000, but most brands cost more than Rs 25,000.
People don't know much about air purifiers, so although the cost is high, they prefer large and well-known brands.
PN Pradhan, manager of a home appliance store in Gurgaon, said, "in the past few months, sales have increased by about 10% per month, but in the past week or so these questions have doubled, the number of purifiers we sell in these seven days is as much as the number sold in a month.
One interesting aspect is that customers seem to be able to spend money on them.
Generally speaking, when it comes to home appliances, customers are picky about the price, but now they are willing to spend a lot of money on air purifiers.
"There is no conclusive evidence that air purifiers clean air: the Delhiites authorities may consider air purifiers to be their only protection against toxic air in the city, but experts are not convinced of the efficacy of these devices.
They said that despite the increase in sales, there was no fair research to prove their efficiency.
Dr MP George, senior scientist at the Delhi Pollution Control Commission, said, "What I can say is that there is no research into the efficacy of these air purifiers, so we can't say if they work.
I can't comment on this without research or testing-it's not done by any independents.
Atulesh Yadav, regional director, Noida, the Northern State Pollution Control Commission, told us, "there is indeed no state --
Sponsored research on the efficacy of air purifiers.
But this is largely because the product is brand new in the Indian market.
But as sales volume increases, it is our agenda to test the effectiveness of air purifiers in reducing air pollutants.
Sources from within the board say the study will be conducted in the state's NCR area in the near future.
Respiratory scientist: air purifiers can only provide limited relief (
Chest doctor)
Although the role of the air purifier is limited, it is still very effective.
Dr. Vivek Nangia, director and head of the lung department at Fortis Hospital in Delhi, said, "a study does show that exposure to air purifiers can benefit allergic asthma patients.
Nevertheless, it is important to note that the air purifier only controls the internal environment, not the external environment.
The pollution of Diwali mainly affects streets and public spaces, and air purifiers cannot improve these environments.
But a flower 8-
10 hours a day in the house, so there is definitely no harm in breathing healthy air during this time
Air purifiers can actually make us more vulnerable to pollution.
By cleaning the air inside the building, it will increase the difference in the degree of air pollution inside and outside the building.
Clean air is good, but if you get very clean air part of the day, and the air pollution outside is very serious, then with the reduction of the resilience and immunity of the respiratory system, it