ISLAMABAD: According to a United Nations report, 173 million people in Pakistan are suffering from moderate to high levels of poor air quality due to dust storms.
Pakistan is the second country in the region where the population suffers from poor air quality.
More than 500 million people in India, 62 million in Iran and 40 million in China are affected by poor air quality.
Proportionately, more than 80% of the total population of Turkmenistan, Pakistan, Uzbekistan and Iran suffer from moderate to high temperatures due to dust and dust storms.
The impact of dust and dust storms on solar energy in Pakistan is estimated at 3 37 million per year, compared to 107 million and 60 46 million in India and China, respectively.
When it comes to the aviation sector, aircraft engines are most at risk from dust particles.
Flights to and from airports in the Arabian Peninsula, Pakistan, India and China are most affected.
The risk of flight delays, diversions and cancellations due to low visibility due to dust and dust in the ground surface is highest at airports in Central Asia, southern parts of Iran, border areas of Pakistan, China and India and northern parts. Is more
Large farm areas are affected by dust accumulation in Turkmenistan (71% of crop area), Pakistan (49%) and Uzbekistan (44%).
Most of this dust is made up of large amounts of salt, which usually makes the dust toxic to plants.
According to the report, this leads to a decline in production, which is a major threat to the production of cotton and other crops.
The Himalayan Hindu Kush range and the Tibetan surface accumulate a lot of dust, which provides fresh water to 1.3 billion people in Asia.
The report said that the accumulation of dust on glaciers has a warming effect, increases the melting of ice, causes food and energy production, agriculture, water pressure and flooding, among other problems.
If you want to know what climate change is doing to our planet, look at what the smog does to YOU. pic.twitter.com/SVDzBAhzcV
— Amnesty International (@amnesty) November 14, 2019
