A long weekend and drive, just to breathe some fresh air?
Did you know that breathing in Delhi air is equivalent to smoking 44 cigarettes a day? The air pollution statistics for other leading cities across the country do not fare much better either. The rapid increase in the use of fossil fuels, and the rise in population, among other things has contributed to the incremental degeneration of the quality of the air we breathe. If you are an avid traveller, you would have noticed a visible difference in the air of the city and that of a quaint hill station or at the beach. One of the reasons why going on a holiday makes you feel rejuvenated is because of the exceedingly better quality of air. However, you don’t necessarily have to go on a trip across the city to breath in healthy air. Here are a few tips to help ensure that the air you breathe everyday is clean. Keep your surroundings green Cities are growing at such a rapid rate that finding small patches of land to grow plants and trees are almost impossible to find. But don’t let the...