New Delhi Smog

• 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
  
• Air quality improves slightly in New Delhi, but still considered ‘hazardous’

  The air remained at the "hazardous" level in the teeming capital of more than 20 million people.

  Nov 5, 2019
  
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• New Delhi restricts cars for 2 weeks amid battle with toxic smog and dust

  Private cars running on petrol and diesel will be allowed in New Delhi only on alternate days from Nov. 4 to 15.

  World

  Sep 13, 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