Schools shut as pollution worsens
Authorities in India’s capital shut schools, halted construction and banned non-essential trucks from entering the city after air pollution shot up to its worst level this season.
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India's "severe plus" air pollution forces more dramatic safety measures
That meant a categorization of "severe plus" on India's System of Air Quality Forecasting and Research (SAFAR) scale, and ...
India’s capital chokes as air pollution levels hit 50 times the safe limit
In several areas of the city, pollution levels were more than 50 times higher than the World Health Organization’s recommended safe limit. Forecasts say the poor air quality will continue into the ...
New Delhi gasping as air quality reaches severe levels, enveloping India's capital in smog
India's capital was left gasping this week as air pollution smog reduced visibility to near zero and raised air quality ...
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EXPLAINER | How GRAP-4 can help clean up the Delhi air
Stubble burning this season has contributed as much as 40% of Delhi’s pollution, as per SAFAR, a weather forecasting agency under the ministry of earth sciences. While stubble burning incidents in ...