Man has always made boundaries for himself. From the land he is gifted to the water that is ever flowing but the one thing man hasn’t put imaginary boundaries on is the air we breathe. There is a very definite reason why it’s the country’s waters but country’s airspace. Because it is all of our best interest to ensure the air we breathe remains clean. The same cannot be said to our beloved Thiruvananthapuram as it has an AQI reading of 104. For those who are not familiar with the term AQI, it stands for Air Quality Index which is a scale of how polluted the air of a particular place is; the higher the number, the higher the pollution content and right now the capital of GOD’s country has a reading higher than some metropolitan cities including Bangalore and Chennai.
The ideal solution to protect one’s self is by making use of portable oxygen purifiers or portable oxygen concentrators which help filter out the pollutants and ensure we breathe fresh air. The use of these devices need not be restricted to just when we are outside but it’s much applicable to make use of it everywhere in our daily lives. So the next time you see a sign that says ‘oxygen concentrators for rent’ in Trivandrum, do step in; it might just save your life. If you thought bottling air is a bad idea, I merely point you to every table in every restaurant that serves bottled water.