Winter has come in Delhi. So has pollution. Delhi's air pollution spiked to 100 times the WHO health limit this November
This is because smoke from farmers burning crop stubble in North India and unfavourable climactic conditions make air toxic to breathe.
The pollution action plan deployed by Delhi's Aam Aadmi Party government, which includes sprinkling of water on roads to reduce dust, remains ineffective.
Yes, partially. Temperature inversion is a natural phenomenon in which and the cold temperatures allow for the trapping of pollutants near the ground.
Vehicular emissions, construction and the burning of rubbish at waste plants make Delhi's air polluted.
According to University of Chicago’s energy policy institute, Delhi residents could have their lives shortened by 11.9 years due to toxic air.
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