The Coronavirus Offers a Radical New Vision for
India’s Cities
“The view from my own rooftop, fifteen hundred miles
to the south, in Bangalore, has not revealed any equivalent surprises. Instead,
there is the birdsong. The constancy of car horns in India is legend, a stock
line for travel writers. I could never have imagined it possible, in an Indian
city, to wake up not to the sounds of traffic but to the sovereignty of bulbuls
and mynahs over the morning air. I wonder when an Indian city last felt like
this. I wonder when I last felt like this”.
In India, life under coronavirus brings blue skies
and clean air
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/india-coronavirus-delhi-clean-air-pollution/2020/04/10/ac23dd1e-783e-11ea-a311-adb1344719a9_story.html
India Savors a Rare Upside to Coronavirus: Clean Air
India Savors a Rare Upside to Coronavirus: Clean Air
Delhi residents are stunned by how blue the sky really is as a strict lockdown cuts back drastically on air pollution.
The COVID-19 Lockdown Can Help Devise Measures to Mitigate Air Pollution
https://science.thewire.in/environment/covid-19-lockdown-india-air-pollution/