The Indian capital is experiencing toxic smog, which led to severe bad air quality in some areas ahead of winter.
The mix of smoke, emissions, and dust is an annual problem for authorities in New Delhi, with vehicles, construction dust, and smoke from farm fires in the adjoining northern states of Punjab and Haryana among the major contributors. However, the outlook for the subsequent six days: the air quality is likely to be in the 'very poor' to 'severe' category," said the earth sciences ministry.
The city's overall score on an air quality index kept by India's top pollution authorities was 'very poor' at 384, the ministry added, and was likely to stay there until Thursday.
According to the ministry data, farm fires have increasingly swelled the pollution over the last three days, for a share of more than 23% from about 15%. About a third of the city's 39 monitoring stations showed a 'severe' score of more than 400 on Tuesday, said the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), well short of an air quality score of zero to 50 that it rates as 'good'.
New Delhi has also been ranked as the world's second most polluted city on Tuesday, after Lahore in neighbouring Pakistan, where authorities also took emergency measures in the wake of Sunday's unprecedented pollution levels.
https://www.reuters.com/world/india/toxic-smog-wreathes-indias-capital-winter-nears-2024-11-05/
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Air pollution does bring about a lot of health issues that take away innocent lives..we need to deal with the pollution at all cost.
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Air pollution is a dangerous health hazard that must be addressed with urgency. The government of India must wake up and do something about this catastrophe.
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This is a serious health hazard that needs immediate action. Measures to reduce air pollution and protect public health are essential.
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It’s heartbreaking and infuriating to see a city of millions forced to endure life-threatening air quality something as basic as breathing should never come with a risk. Clean air is a right, not a luxury, and it’s time for leaders to act like it.
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It's about time that we all acted inorder to deal with the issue of Pollution for once and for all .
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Terrible air quality in one of the world's most populous cities is just saddening.Air pollution in New Delhi should be dealt with conclusively!!
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It now the high time an action is taken to those who are responsible for the pollution,,,,new Delhi as been named as the world's second polluted city