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Question 41

The number of asthma patients increases during winters in metropolitan cities like Delhi. Why is it so? How can it be reduced?

Answer

During winters in metropolitan cities like Delhi, the fog and smoke together form smog. Inhalation of smog causes rise in patients of asthma.

It can be reduced by:

  • Installation of tall chimneys in factories with filters.
  • Electrostatic precipitators.