India Air Pollution

• Toxic smog has turned India’s capital into a ‘gas chamber,’ environment minister says

  Authorities have shut down primary schools, factories and construction sites to protect millions of New Delhi residents from toxic smog that has blanketed the capital city.

  Environment

  Nov 4, 2022
  
• Thick haze blankets New Delhi as air quality shrinks back to ‘severe’

  The air quality index exceeded 400, considered "severe'' and about eight times the recommended maximum.

  World

  Nov 12, 2019
  
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• New Delhi schools reopen as air pollution levels fall

  With strong winds blowing away pollutants, the air quality index at the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi read 155 as compared to 500 over the weekend that was 10 times the recommended WHO level.

  World

  Nov 6, 2019
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• Toxic smog reaches ‘severe, emergency levels’ in India’s New Delhi

  Residents of the Indian capital of New Delhi woke on Thursday to a thick, grey smog, as pollution surged to "severe" and "emergency" levels, with authorities showing little sign of finding new solutions to the crisis.

  World

  Jan 3, 2019
• New Delhi is engulfed in smoggy air that’s 10 times worse than what’s ‘permissible’

  India's capital has been enveloped by poor air quality as people prepare to celebrate Diwali.

  Environment

  Nov 6, 2018
• Indian capital chokes on hazardous levels of air pollution

  Residents of New Delhi woke up to a blanket of smog on Monday as air quality deteriorated sharply overnight in India's capital, triggering warnings that even healthy people were at risk of respiratory problems.

  Environment

  Oct 31, 2016