Thick smog shrouds New Delhi after Diwali firecrackers add to seasonal pollution
- New Delhi experienced dense smog after Diwali, with the city’s AQI reaching 366, classified as “very poor.”
- The Central Pollution Control Board reported that ITO recorded an AQI of 406, while several stations recorded pollution in the “severe” category.
- The Commission for Air Quality Management imposed Stage III restrictions across Delhi-NCR, including limits on construction, some vehicles, and in-person primary schooling.
- More than 20 monitoring stations were not reporting during peak pollution hours, raising concerns about the reliability and transparency of air-quality data.
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Delhi overtakes Lahore as world's most polluted city as air quality drops
NEW DELHI: India’s capital Delhi overtook Lahore in Pakistan to become the world’s most polluted city on Friday, with air quality reaching hazardous levels and visibility dropping as smog blanketed the city of 20 million people. Air quality index (AQI) in Delhi was “hazardous” at 334, making it the most polluted global major city, according to Swiss group IQAir, which measures air quality levels based on the concentration of toxins. An AQI readi…
Delhi has overtaken Lahore to become the world's most polluted major city after air quality in the Indian capital reached hazardous levels. The air quality index was 334, according to Swiss platform IQAir, which monitors the concentration of toxic substances. India's Central Pollution Control Board reported an even higher value of 403, which it described as severe. The difference is explained by the different scales and methodologies used by IQA…
Delhi overtakes Lahore as world’s most polluted city as air quality drops
NEW DELHI, Nov 13 (Reuters) - India's capital Delhi overtook Lahore in Pakistan to become the world's most polluted city on Friday, with air quality reaching hazardous levels and visibility dropping as smog blanketed the city of 20 million people.
The capital of India, New Delhi, was enveloping, Thursday, in a dense and toxic cloud, amplifying an environmental crisis that suffocates the city as of November 2, transmits the press agency EFE, quoted by Agerpres. According to...
New Delhi, India's capital city continued to be engulfed on Thursday in a dense and toxic cloud, with air quality over an uninterrupted week "very weak", an environmental crisis that has suffocated the city since 2 November, broadcasts the EFE news agency, quoted by Agerpres. On the last official update, made on Wednesday at local time 10:05 a.m. ...
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