Effect of lockdown amid COVID-19 pandemic on air quality of the megacity Delhi, India

• Published in: The Science of the total environment Vol. 730; p. 139086
• Main Authors: Mahato, Susanta, Pal, Swades, Ghosh, Krishna Gopal
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 15.08.2020
• Subjects: Air Pollutants; Air Pollution; air quality; Betacoronavirus; Change of air quality; Cities; Coronavirus Infections; COVID-19; COVID-19 infection; environment; Environmental Monitoring; Humans; India; Lockdown; Megacity Delhi; National Air quality Index; Pandemics; Particulate Matter; Pneumonia, Viral; pollutants; SARS-CoV-2; Cities; India; Lockdown; Change of air quality; Megacity Delhi; Covid-19; National Air quality Index

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a nationwide lockdown is imposed in India initially for three weeks from 24th March to 14th April 2020 and extended up to 3rd May 2020. Due to the forced restrictions, pollution level in cities across the country drastically slowed down just within few days which magnetiz...