The nationwide lockdown caused by the corona virus is affecting the country's economy.

New Delhi: The nationwide lockdown caused by the corona virus is affecting the country's economy. But the benefit of the lockdown is that it is making the whole country pollution free. The rivers are getting cleared day by day.

The water of Ganga in Haridwar has become very clear. The whole country is now breathing clean air. This has also been confirmed by the US space agency NASA.
NASA's Earth Observatory has released images from the past four years showing how pollution levels have dropped across the country. As the state-wide lockdown is helping to stop the spread of the corona virus, at the same time, it is having an amazing effect on the environment.

The amount of aerosols in the country has come down drastically. NASA's Earth Observatory team has studied on it. The space agency NASA has taken these images from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectro Radiometer (MODIS) Terra Satellite. The level of pollution has come down very fast due to the lockdown.
It seems like the pollution problem in India is over now. 

NASA has also released a satellite image regarding this. NASA says that pollution levels in India have been decreased.The lockdown has been going on in India since March 25.
About 130 crore people living in India are in their homes. 

If you compare these pictures with the pictures from 2016 till now, then you can easily see the difference.According to NASA, air pollution in North India is at its lowest level.