Awareness booklet on Air Pollution released by Secretary, Environment Ministry

Chandigarh sunita shastri: A public awareness booklet on ‘Air Pollution & COVID19 MitigationStrategies’ was released by Sh. R.P. Gupta, Secretary, Ministry of Environment,
Forest and Climate Change, New Delhi through a tweet The booklet is conceptualized and developed by Dr. Suman Mor, Chairperson,Department of Environment Studies, Panjab University, Chandigarh; and Dr. RavindraKhaiwal, Additional Professor, Department of Community Medicine & School of PublicHealth, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, India Shri R.P. Gupta mentioned that bringing awareness about air pollutionsources (indoor and ambient) and associated health impacts in COVID-19 times has
become of utmost importance. He added that addressing the issue of air pollution
will help and lead to a decline in morbidity and mortality as well decline in
respirable related illnesses like the COVID-19 pandemic. Shri Gupta highlighted that
the infographic booklet would help to create awareness among the public to minimize
the adverse health impact of air pollution & COVID-19. Dr. Ravindra Khaiwal mentioned that Covid 19 has made everyone realize thened to adopt new normal to protect the health and environment Dr. Suman Mor, mentioned that booklet highlights simple steps to prevent
COVID19 and protect our ecosystem to ensure environmental sustainability for future
generations Prof. Raj Kumar, Vice-chancellor of Panjab University, and Prof. Jagat Ram,
Director, PGIMER, Chandigarh, both appreciated the author’s initiatives to create
awareness about the COVID19 mitigation and air pollution reduction.