Clean Pair Of 'Lungs' Installed In Lucknow Turns Black In Just One Day Due To Highly Toxic Air
To give people a sense what the toxic air is doing to our lungs, an NGO based in Lucknow, Climate Change Agenda, installed a white pair of lungs at Jhandi Park near Nagar Nigam office;.
In just a matter of 24 hours, the artificial lungs turned black!
According to a report in Hindustan Times, the situation pointed out the highly toxic air the citizens are breathing.
Ekta Shekher, founder of The Climate Agenda, told HT that they thought the model of lungs will take at least six days to change colour, as it happened in New Delhi, but here (in Lucknow) it just took 24 hours.
The AQI (Air Quality Index) was 320 on installation day, which was very poor air quality, she added.
the artificial lungs have high-efficiency particulate absorber (HEPA) filters, with fans installed behind them that throw environmental air through the filter, states the HT report.
Prof Surya Kant, Head of the department respiratory medicine department of KGMU told the newspaper that it was a wake-up call for the government and the people, too.
It's time we paid more serious attention to this issue.